Westerich Surname

1,628,521st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 123 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Germany

Westerich Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Westerich Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil671:3,195,13992,032
Germany541:1,490,84290,195
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Westerich Last Name Facts

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

Westerich is held by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Westerich.

How Common Is The Last Name Westerich? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,628,521st most commonly used surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 59,248,341 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 56 percent of Westerich reside; 54 percent reside in South America and 54 percent reside in Luso-South America.

The surname Westerich is most widespread in Brazil, where it is held by 67 people, or 1 in 3,195,139. In Brazil it is most prevalent in: Santa Catarina, where 51 percent reside, Rio Grande do Sul, where 22 percent reside and Goiás, where 6 percent reside. Excluding Brazil it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 44 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.

Westerich Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Westerich has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Westerich last name contracted 78 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Westerich
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