Westerwell Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Westerwell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Westerwell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany201:4,025,273167,743
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Westerwell (22) may also be a first name.

Westerwell Last Name Facts

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

The last name Westerwell is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Westerwell? popularity and diffusion

The last name Westerwell is the 4,307,654th most commonly used surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Westerwell live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe. Westerwell is also the 2,301,746th most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 22 people.

Westerwell is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 4,025,273. In Germany Westerwell is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 100 percent live. Excluding Germany this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 5 percent live.

Westerwell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Westerwell has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 83 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
  • 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 Westerwell
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