Westheiden Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Westheiden Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Westheiden Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany231:3,500,237154,763
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Westheiden Last Name Facts

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

The last name Westheiden occurs most in Germany. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Westheiden? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,882,373rd most frequently used surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. Westheiden is mostly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Westheiden are found; 88 percent are found in Western Europe and 88 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Westheiden is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 3,500,237. In Germany Westheiden is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 96 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 4 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 8 percent reside and Thailand, where 4 percent reside.

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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 Westheiden
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