Westerburg Surname

661,581st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 454 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Westerburg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Westerburg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2621:307,27331,264
United States1731:2,095,138133,172
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
England31:18,572,686338,250
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States291:1,731,67989,620

Westerburg Last Name Facts

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

The surname Westerburg is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Westerburg? popularity and diffusion

Westerburg is the 661,581st most commonly held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 16,051,863 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 59 percent of Westerburg are found; 58 percent are found in Western Europe and 58 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 262 people, or 1 in 307,273. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 47 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 20 percent live and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 15 percent live. Other than Germany it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 38 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.

Westerburg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Westerburg has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 597 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Westerburg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Westerburg surname are 40.07% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 86.84% registered with the party.

Westerburg earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.09% less than the national average, earning $39,226 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
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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 Westerburg
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