Wertner Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Austria

Wertner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wertner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States221:16,475,406557,260
Austria131:655,03358,041
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States711:707,30545,577

Wertner Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wertner is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wertner.

How Common Is The Last Name Wertner? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,776,799th most widely held last name globally, borne by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. The last name Wertner occurs predominantly in Europe, where 55 percent of Wertner are found; 51 percent are found in Western Europe and 51 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 16,475,406. In The United States it is most frequent in: Pennsylvania, where 41 percent reside, Arizona, where 23 percent reside and California, where 23 percent reside. Not including The United States this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 27 percent reside and Germany, where 24 percent reside.

Wertner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wertner has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wertner surname declined 69 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wertner Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wertner last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 100% being registered with the party.

Wertner earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 25.48% less than the national average, earning $32,154 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Werthner93270/
Wiertner9320/
Wuerthner88132/
Wartner86802/
Vertner86190/
Wirtner86115/
Wortner86107/
Bertner8668/
Wretner8610/
Werthenner820/
Werthinner820/
Wirthner80257/
Wörthner8020/
Berthner8020/
Worthner803/
Whortner800/
Birtner7135/
Börtner7116/
Vortner714/
Bärtner711/
Vartner711/
Virtner710/

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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 Wertner
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