Wernitz Surname
Approximately 855 people bear this surname
Wernitz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 832 | 1:96,761 | 12,062 |
| Poland | 14 | 1:2,714,911 | 112,031 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Wernitz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wernitz Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wernitz occurs most in Germany. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Wernitz.
How Common Is The Last Name Wernitz? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 408,845th most widely held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 8,523,446 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Wernitz are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name Wernitz is most widespread in Germany, where it is carried by 832 people, or 1 in 96,761. In Germany Wernitz is mostly concentrated in: Brandenburg, where 56 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 10 percent are found and Berlin, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Germany this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Poland, where 2 percent are found and Thailand, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woernitz | 93 | 0 | / |
| Werniz | 92 | 1 | / |
| Woehrnitz | 88 | 1 | / |
| Warnitz | 86 | 98 | / |
| Wernetz | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wernicz | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wernitc | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wierniz | 86 | 1 | / |
| Vernitz | 86 | 0 | / |
| Wornitz | 86 | 0 | / |
| Wernitzsch | 82 | 2 | / |
| Wohrnitz | 80 | 5 | / |
| Wöhrnitz | 80 | 4 | / |
| Bernittz | 80 | 1 | / |
| Verniz | 77 | 180 | / |
| Wernic | 77 | 35 | / |
| Wernez | 77 | 2 | / |
| Wernitsch | 75 | 3 | / |
| Wernich | 71 | 422 | / |
| Vernaiz | 71 | 85 | / |
| Warniez | 71 | 39 | / |
| Vernicz | 71 | 23 | / |
| Wiernez | 71 | 18 | / |
| Bernits | 71 | 4 | / |
| Bernetz | 71 | 2 | / |
| Vernuiz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vernits | 71 | 1 | / |
| Birnitz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wornicz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Warnetz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Warnits | 71 | 1 | / |
| Behrnetz | 67 | 5 | / |
| Bernitch | 67 | 2 | / |
| Werniche | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bairnitz | 67 | 0 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wernitz
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