Westecker Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Westecker Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Westecker Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany321:2,515,796126,826
Switzerland91:912,54658,198

Westecker Last Name Facts

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

Westecker occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Westecker? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,055,934th most frequent family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. The last name Westecker is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Westecker live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 2,515,796. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 66 percent live, Hamburg, where 22 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 3 percent live. Other than Germany this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Switzerland, where 22 percent live.

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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 Westecker
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