Westerheide Surname

343,060th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,069 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Westerheide Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Westerheide Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany7061:114,03014,042
United States3561:1,018,14374,968
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Westerheide Last Name Facts

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

The last name Westerheide is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Westerheide? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 343,060th most widespread last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 6,817,162 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 66 percent of Westerheide are found; 66 percent are found in Western Europe and 66 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most widespread in Germany, where it is borne by 706 people, or 1 in 114,030. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 54 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 33 percent reside and Berlin, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Germany it is found in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 33 percent reside and Spain, where 0 percent reside.

Westerheide Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Westerheide has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Westerheide last name rose 2,225 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Westerheide Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Westerheide surname are 11.66% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 58.43% registered to vote for the party.

Westerheide earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 24.15% more than the national average, earning $53,568 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 Westerheide
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