Westefeld Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Westefeld Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Westefeld Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States221:16,475,406557,260
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Westefeld Last Name Facts

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

The last name Westefeld is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Westefeld? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,665,662nd most widespread family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Westefeld reside; 76 percent reside in North America and 76 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 16,475,406. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: New Jersey, where 27 percent reside, Connecticut, where 23 percent reside and Iowa, where 18 percent reside. Excluding The United States Westefeld exists in one country. It is also common in Brazil, where 24 percent reside.

Westefeld Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Westefeld has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 733 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Westefeld Last Name Statistics demography

Westefeld earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 29.43% more than the national average, earning $55,846 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 Westefeld
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