Wesselhöft Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Wesselhöft Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 84 | 1:958,398 | 66,883 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Wesselhoft (238) are calculated separately.
Wesselhöft Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wesselhöft Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wesselhöft is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also appear as: Wesselhoft. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wesselhöft? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wesselhöft is the 2,007,164th most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 83,764,896 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Wesselhöft are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname Wesselhöft is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 84 people, or 1 in 958,398. In Germany it is most frequent in: Hamburg, where 58 percent live, Bremen, where 14 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 14 percent live. Apart from Germany this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wesselhoft | 97 | 238 | / |
| Wesselhøft | 90 | 6 | / |
| Wesselhoeft | 86 | 111 | / |
| Wessellhoft | 86 | 3 | / |
| Wesselhoaft | 86 | 0 | / |
| Wesselheoft | 86 | 0 | / |
| Wesslhoft | 84 | 1 | / |
| Weßelhöft | 84 | 1 | / |
| Wesselhoefft | 82 | 25 | / |
| Wessellhoeft | 82 | 1 | / |
| Weaselfat | 74 | 27 | / |
| Weasel Fat | 70 | 19 | / |
| Wassalhaft | 70 | 0 | / |
| Wesselov | 67 | 6 | / |
| Wesselev | 67 | 2 | / |
| Weasel Fatt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vesselov | 56 | 195 | / |
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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 Wesselhöft
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