Westerweele Surname
Approximately 185 people bear this surname
Westerweele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 178 | 1:94,872 | 15,531 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
Westerweele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Westerweele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Westerweele occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Westerweele? popularity and diffusion
The last name Westerweele is the 1,248,410th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 39,392,140 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of Westerweele live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is held by 178 people, or 1 in 94,872. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: Zeeland, where 69 percent are found, South Holland, where 11 percent are found and North Holland, where 8 percent are found. Not including The Netherlands it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 3 percent are found and Spain, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westerweel | 95 | 334 | / |
| Westerwelle | 91 | 569 | / |
| Westerwell | 86 | 21 | / |
| Westerwalle | 82 | 1 | / |
| Westerwiler | 82 | 0 | / |
| Westervel | 80 | 2 | / |
| Westerveld | 76 | 3,075 | / |
| Westervelp | 76 | 1 | / |
| Westervell | 76 | 0 | / |
| Westerveldt | 73 | 10 | / |
| Westerville | 73 | 9 | / |
| Westervetlt | 73 | 1 | / |
| Westerveltt | 73 | 0 | / |
| Westerviller | 70 | 25 | / |
| Westervil | 70 | 0 | / |
| Vestervelt | 67 | 16 | / |
| Westervilt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Westervilp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Westervill | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wetherville | 64 | 2 | / |
| Vesterville | 64 | 0 | / |
| Veterville | 57 | 2 | / |
| Witherville | 55 | 0 | / |
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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 Westerweele
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