Wertgen Surname

2,047,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 84 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wertgen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wertgen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany791:1,019,05669,716
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Wertgen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wertgen is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wertgen? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wertgen is the 2,047,559th most numerous surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 86,756,499 people. The last name Wertgen is predominantly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Wertgen reside; 95 percent reside in Western Europe and 95 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 79 people, or 1 in 1,019,056. In Germany Wertgen is most frequent in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 76 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 13 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 8 percent live. Besides Germany this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 5 percent live and Switzerland, where 1 percent live.

Wertgen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wertgen has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 20 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
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  • 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 Wertgen
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