Wesener Surname

468,873rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 717 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Wesener Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wesener Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3081:261,38127,997
United States1821:1,991,533128,023
Australia1391:194,21419,182
Austria471:181,17923,261
Poland141:2,714,911112,031
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
England21:27,859,030389,889
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States271:1,859,95194,590

Wesener Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wesener is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wesener? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 468,873rd most commonly used last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 10,163,941 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 52 percent of Wesener live; 50 percent live in Western Europe and 50 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Wesener is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 308 people, or 1 in 261,381. In Germany it is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 45 percent are found, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 18 percent are found and Berlin, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Germany Wesener occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent are found and Australia, where 19 percent are found.

Wesener Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wesener has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wesener last name increased 674 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wesener Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wesener surname are 34.36% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 81.13% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Wesener earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 7.14% less than the national average, earning $40,070 USD per year and in Canada they earn 26.52% more than the national average, earning $62,857 CAD per year.

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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 Wesener
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