Weske Surname
Approximately 908 people bear this surname
Weske Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 496 | 1:162,309 | 19,252 |
| United States | 346 | 1:1,047,569 | 76,686 |
| Brazil | 24 | 1:8,919,764 | 194,226 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 21 | 1:2,391,366 | 115,093 |
Weske (14) may also be a first name.
Weske Demographics
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Weske Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weske Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Weske is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Weske? popularity and diffusion
The surname Weske is the 390,071st most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,025,932 people. The last name Weske is primarily found in Europe, where 56 percent of Weske reside; 55 percent reside in Western Europe and 55 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 14 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 496 people, or 1 in 162,309. In Germany Weske is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 28 percent live, Saxony-Anhalt, where 18 percent live and Hesse, where 9 percent live. Outside of Germany this last name occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 38 percent live and Brazil, where 3 percent live.
Weske Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Weske has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Weske surname increased 1,648 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 40 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Weske Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Weske last name are 18.41% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 65.18% registered with the political party.
Weske earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 16.85% more than the national average, earning $50,421 USD 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
- 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 Weske
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