Westhues Surname

344,343rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,064 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Westhues Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Westhues Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany7961:101,13812,543
United States2481:1,461,528100,066
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Westhues Last Name Facts

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

The surname Westhues is found most frequently in Germany. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Westhues? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 344,343rd most numerous family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 6,849,197 people. Westhues occurs predominantly in Europe, where 76 percent of Westhues are found; 76 percent are found in Western Europe and 76 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 796 people, or 1 in 101,138. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 92 percent reside, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 3 percent reside and Bavaria, where 1 percent reside. Besides Germany Westhues occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 23 percent reside and Switzerland, where 1 percent reside.

Westhues Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Westhues surname are 14.1% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.87% registered to vote for the political party.

Westhues earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 10% more than the national average, earning $47,464 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Westhuis88700/
Westhaus88143/
Westhuus881/
Westhouse82209/
Woesthuis82174/
Weusthuis8255/
Westhause8246/
Vestues8012/
Westhui802/
Westies801/
Bethue712/
Withuis6746/
Westbee6718/
Bethuis679/
Westver676/
Besteas676/
Besteis674/
Beethue671/
Westbuy671/
Vestuys670/

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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 Westhues
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