Westkämper Surname
Approximately 154 people bear this surname
Westkämper Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 147 | 1:547,656 | 45,370 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
The alternate forms: Westkamper (13) are calculated separately.
Westkämper Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Westkämper Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Westkämper is found most frequently in Germany. It can also occur as: Westkamper. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Westkämper? popularity and diffusion
The surname Westkämper is the 1,409,418th most frequently used surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 47,321,727 people. The last name Westkämper is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Westkämper live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 147 people, or 1 in 547,656. In Germany Westkämper is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 50 percent reside, Saxony-Anhalt, where 14 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 12 percent reside. Not including Germany this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 2 percent reside and Norway, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westkamper | 97 | 13 | / |
| Weitkämper | 90 | 150 | / |
| Westkemper | 90 | 114 | / |
| Westkaemper | 86 | 29 | / |
| Weitekämper | 86 | 3 | / |
| Witkämper | 84 | 3 | / |
| Wetkemper | 84 | 1 | / |
| Weitkemper | 80 | 212 | / |
| Wittkämper | 80 | 132 | / |
| Weitkamper | 80 | 3 | / |
| Weitekemper | 76 | 43 | / |
| Weitkaemper | 76 | 1 | / |
| Wheitkemper | 76 | 1 | / |
| Witkemper | 74 | 58 | / |
| Westkiver | 74 | 0 | / |
| Weittekemper | 73 | 9 | / |
| Wittkamper | 70 | 163 | / |
| Wittkemper | 70 | 114 | / |
| Wittkaemper | 67 | 11 | / |
| Wiedtkenper | 67 | 8 | / |
| Whitkaemper | 67 | 0 | / |
| Witcamper | 63 | 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 Westkämper
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