Westerkamp Surname
Approximately 2,037 people bear this surname
Westerkamp Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,047 | 1:76,892 | 9,726 |
| United States | 437 | 1:829,425 | 63,547 |
| Netherlands | 424 | 1:39,828 | 6,746 |
| Brazil | 52 | 1:4,116,814 | 111,429 |
| Austria | 17 | 1:500,908 | 47,931 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1:1,509,441 | 47,971 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 57 | 1:881,030 | 53,642 |
Westerkamp Demographics
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Westerkamp Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Westerkamp Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Westerkamp is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Westerkamp? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 204,099th most frequent last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 3,577,588 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 75 percent of Westerkamp are found; 74 percent are found in Western Europe and 73 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 1,047 people, or 1 in 76,892. In Germany Westerkamp is most prevalent in: Lower Saxony, where 55 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 29 percent live and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 4 percent live. Outside of Germany it exists in 20 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 21 percent live and The Netherlands, where 21 percent live.
Westerkamp Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Westerkamp has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Westerkamp last name rose 767 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Westerkamp Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Westerkamp surname are 22.16% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 68.93% being registered with the party.
The amount Westerkamp earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 18.45% more than the national average, earning $51,110 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.73% more than the national average, earning $63,956 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weterkamp | 95 | 39 | / |
| Westercamp | 90 | 340 | / |
| Wetterkamp | 90 | 31 | / |
| Westergomby | 67 | 8 | / |
| Westercumbie | 64 | 1 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Westerkamp
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