Wertenburg Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Israel

Wertenburg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wertenburg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Wertenburg Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wertenburg Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Wertenburg is borne by more people in Israel than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wertenburg? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,117,718th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Wertenburg occurs mostly in Asia, where 71 percent of Wertenburg live; 71 percent live in West Asia and 71 percent live in Judeo-West Asia.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Israel, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 1,711,527. In Israel it is primarily concentrated in: Central District, where 100 percent reside. Other than Israel Wertenburg occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 29 percent reside.

Wertenburg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wertenburg has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wertenburg surname declined 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Wertenburg
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