Westfalia Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Westfalia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Westfalia (47) may also be a first name.
Westfalia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Westfalia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Westfalia is most common in Germany. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Westfalia.
How Common Is The Last Name Westfalia? popularity and diffusion
Westfalia is the 5,587,209th most frequent last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 50 percent of Westfalia live; 33 percent live in Western Europe and 33 percent live in Germanic Europe. Westfalia is also the 1,467,136th most commonly held first name globally, borne by 47 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 40,252,730. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 50 percent reside. Aside from Germany it exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 17 percent reside and Austria, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westfal | 88 | 1,211 | / |
| Westphalia | 84 | 1 | / |
| Westfall | 82 | 18,869 | / |
| Westfahl | 82 | 623 | / |
| Westfaul | 82 | 60 | / |
| Westefal | 82 | 17 | / |
| Westfhal | 82 | 8 | / |
| Westifal | 82 | 5 | / |
| Vestfala | 82 | 3 | / |
| Westfaal | 82 | 3 | / |
| Westffal | 82 | 2 | / |
| Westfail | 82 | 2 | / |
| Westfeal | 82 | 0 | / |
| Westfale | 82 | 0 | / |
| Westefhal | 78 | 2 | / |
| Westefall | 78 | 2 | / |
| Westtfahl | 78 | 2 | / |
| Westfally | 78 | 1 | / |
| Weestfall | 78 | 1 | / |
| Westafahl | 78 | 1 | / |
| Westafall | 78 | 1 | / |
| Westafaul | 78 | 1 | / |
| Westfaall | 78 | 0 | / |
| Westffahl | 78 | 0 | / |
| Wiestfall | 78 | 0 | / |
| Westfál | 75 | 32 | / |
| Westfol | 75 | 2 | / |
| Wostfal | 75 | 2 | / |
| Westfel | 75 | 1 | / |
| Westful | 75 | 1 | / |
| Westphal | 71 | 48,956 | / |
| Westvall | 71 | 24 | / |
| Vestfale | 71 | 3 | / |
| Wastfall | 71 | 2 | / |
| Westvaal | 71 | 1 | / |
| Westfell | 71 | 1 | / |
| Westfoll | 71 | 0 | / |
| Westfull | 71 | 0 | / |
| Wistfall | 71 | 0 | / |
| Westfuhl | 71 | 0 | / |
| Westfowl | 71 | 0 | / |
| Westphall | 67 | 558 | / |
| Westphale | 67 | 139 | / |
| Westphael | 67 | 60 | / |
| Westphaal | 67 | 32 | / |
| Westphahl | 67 | 14 | / |
| Westephal | 67 | 9 | / |
| Weestphal | 67 | 3 | / |
| Westiphal | 67 | 2 | / |
| Westphhal | 67 | 1 | / |
| Westwphal | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weistflue | 67 | 0 | / |
| Westfeill | 67 | 0 | / |
| Westphail | 67 | 0 | / |
| Weestfela | 67 | 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
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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 Westfalia
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