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 most common in Germany. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wertgen? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wertgen is the 2,047,559th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 86,756,499 people. Wertgen occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Wertgen live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly used in Germany, where it is held by 79 people, or 1 in 1,019,056. In Germany it is most numerous in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 76 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 13 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 8 percent live. Barring Germany Wertgen occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 5 percent live and Switzerland, where 1 percent live.

Wertgen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wertgen has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname contracted 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
  • 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 Wertgen
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