Westerheim Surname

893,754th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 300 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Westerheim Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Westerheim Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway2321:22,1652,887
United States591:6,143,372295,589
Denmark71:806,38843,211
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Westerheim Last Name Facts

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

Westerheim is more frequently found in Norway than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Westerheim? popularity and diffusion

The last name Westerheim is the 893,754th most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 24,291,820 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 80 percent of Westerheim are found; 80 percent are found in Northern Europe and 80 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The last name is most common in Norway, where it is carried by 232 people, or 1 in 22,165. In Norway Westerheim is mostly found in: Eastern Norway, where 47 percent are found, Western Norway, where 45 percent are found and Central Norway, where 6 percent are found. Apart from Norway Westerheim exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 20 percent are found and Denmark, where 2 percent are found.

Westerheim Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Westerheim last name are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Westerheim earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 3.54% less than the national average, earning 333,838 kr per year and in United States they earn 23.17% more than the national average, earning $53,146 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
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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 Westerheim
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