Westrum Surname
Approximately 1,245 people bear this surname
Westrum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 834 | 1:434,603 | 37,429 |
| Norway | 360 | 1:14,284 | 1,656 |
| Netherlands | 19 | 1:888,799 | 62,169 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 52 | 1:965,744 | 57,486 |
Westrum Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
For Westerham, q.v.
User-submitted Reference
The surname Westrum refers to a family that at some point lived on a farm named Westrum or Vestrum, for example, Vestrum Sodre, Ekne, Norway.
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Westrum Political Affiliation
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Westrum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Westrum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Westrum occurs most in The United States. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Westrum click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Westrum? popularity and diffusion
It is the 304,336th most common last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,853,451 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 68 percent of Westrum reside; 68 percent reside in North America and 68 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
Westrum is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 834 people, or 1 in 434,603. In The United States Westrum is primarily found in: Minnesota, where 40 percent live, Iowa, where 13 percent live and California, where 9 percent live. Apart from The United States this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 29 percent live and The Netherlands, where 2 percent live.
Westrum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Westrum has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Westrum surname grew 1,604 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Westrum Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Westrum last name are 15.66% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 62.43% registered with the party.
The amount Westrum earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 7.7% less than the national average, earning 319,430 kr per year; in United States they earn 13.94% more than the national average, earning $49,163 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.87% less than the national average, earning $42,297 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weistrum | 93 | 0 | / |
| Weedstrum | 88 | 0 | / |
| Westrom | 86 | 667 | / |
| Vestrum | 86 | 235 | / |
| Westrun | 86 | 2 | / |
| Wistrum | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bestrum | 86 | 0 | / |
| Wesstrom | 80 | 69 | / |
| Beystrum | 80 | 14 | / |
| Beestrum | 80 | 5 | / |
| Weistrom | 80 | 2 | / |
| Waistrum | 80 | 1 | / |
| Widstrum | 80 | 0 | / |
| Withstrum | 75 | 14 | / |
| Wistrom | 71 | 416 | / |
| Westron | 71 | 119 | / |
| Vestrom | 71 | 24 | / |
| Bistrum | 71 | 10 | / |
| Bextrum | 71 | 5 | / |
| Wystrom | 71 | 4 | / |
| Vistrum | 71 | 0 | / |
| Bystrum | 71 | 0 | / |
| Beesthraum | 71 | 0 | / |
| Wijstrom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wistrund | 67 | 1 | / |
| Baystrum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vestroom | 67 | 0 | / |
| Weistron | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wystron | 57 | 8 | / |
| Wistron | 57 | 2 | / |
| Vistrom | 57 | 1 | / |
| Vixtrum | 57 | 0 | / |
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Footnotes
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