Wetekamp Surname

2,020,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 86 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wetekamp Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wetekamp Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany461:1,750,119100,509
United States401:9,061,473385,835
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Wetekamp Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wetekamp is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Wetekamp click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wetekamp? popularity and diffusion

Wetekamp is the 2,020,555th most widespread surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 84,738,906 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 53 percent of Wetekamp live; 53 percent live in Western Europe and 53 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Wetekamp is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 46 people, or 1 in 1,750,119. In Germany Wetekamp is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 72 percent are found, Bavaria, where 13 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 11 percent are found. Other than Germany this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 47 percent are found.

Wetekamp Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wetekamp has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wetekamp surname rose 1,333 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wetekamp Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wetekamp surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 66.67% registered with the party.

Wetekamp earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 76.86% more than the national average, earning $76,312 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weitekamp94508/
Wettekamp947/
Watekamp881/
Wetecamp881/
Witekamp880/
Wittekamp8245/
Whitekamp821/
Weitecamp821/
Weitekemp821/
Wittekampf781/
Witecamp753/
Watecamp752/
Wattecamp7115/
Whitecamp714/
Whitekemp711/
Witecomb501/

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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 Wetekamp
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