Westerhuys Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Westerhuys Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Westerhuys Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Westerhuys Come From? nationality or country of origin
Westerhuys occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Westerhuys? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,772,636th most prevalent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. Westerhuys occurs predominantly in Europe, where 88 percent of Westerhuys are found; 88 percent are found in Western Europe and 88 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name Westerhuys is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 10,063,182. In Germany Westerhuys is primarily concentrated in: Hamburg, where 88 percent live and Hesse, where 13 percent live. Not including Germany it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 41 percent live and South Africa, where 12 percent live.
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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
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