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Where Does The Last Name Westphal Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Westphal is most common in Germany. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Westphal? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name is the 11,483^rd most frequent last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 148,859 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 70 percent of Westphal reside; 68 percent reside in Western Europe and 67 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Westphal is also the 2,301,746^th most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 22 people.

The last name Westphal is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 32,015 people, or 1 in 2,515. In Germany it is most numerous in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 18 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 14 percent live and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 14 percent live. Not including Germany this surname occurs in 62 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 20 percent live and Brazil, where 8 percent live.

Westphal Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Westphal has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Westphal surname expanded 1,191 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 714 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it contracted 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Westphal Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Westphal last name are 17.1% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.87% being registered with the political party.

The amount Westphal earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 14.57% less than the national average, earning 295,656 kr per year; in Peru they earn 43.39% less than the national average, earning S/. 10,973 per year; in South Africa they earn 151.46% more than the national average, earning R 597,564 per year; in United States they earn 7.71% more than the national average, earning $46,477 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.05% less than the national average, earning $49,160 CAD per year.