Westfehling Surname

1,612,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 125 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Westfehling Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Westfehling Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1121:718,79954,527
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

Westfehling Last Name Facts

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

Westfehling is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Westfehling? popularity and diffusion

Westfehling is the 1,612,213th most widely held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 58,300,367 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 90 percent of Westfehling are found; 90 percent are found in Western Europe and 90 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Westfehling is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 112 people, or 1 in 718,799. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 50 percent are found, Hamburg, where 38 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 5 percent are found. Aside from Germany this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 10 percent are found and China, where 1 percent are found.

Westfehling Last Name Statistics demography

Westfehling earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 142.03% more than the national average, earning R 575,160 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Westfeling952/
Westpheling82100/
Westphäling8241/
Westphiling821/
Westphaeling783/
Westphlen702/

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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 Westfehling
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