Westenburg Surname

745,450th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 386 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Suriname

Westenburg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Westenburg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1861:1,948,704125,871
Suriname1021:5,4181,247
Netherlands681:248,34131,935
Belgium101:1,149,66482,403
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:1,931,48897,398

Westenburg Last Name Facts

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

The surname Westenburg is most common in The United States. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Westenburg? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 745,450th most widespread surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,879,653 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Westenburg reside; 40 percent reside in North America and 40 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 186 people, or 1 in 1,948,704. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Texas, where 22 percent are found, Michigan, where 17 percent are found and Arizona, where 6 percent are found. Aside from The United States this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Suriname, where 26 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 18 percent are found.

Westenburg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Westenburg has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Westenburg last name increased 715 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Westenburg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Westenburg last name are 18.35% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 65.12% registered with the political party.

The amount Westenburg earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 14.93% less than the national average, earning $36,706 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.87% more than the national average, earning $50,611 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 Westenburg
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