Wetendorf Surname

868,551st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 312 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wetendorf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wetendorf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2001:402,52737,103
United States921:3,939,771214,590
Canada191:1,939,242123,675
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Wetendorf Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wetendorf occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wetendorf? popularity and diffusion

Wetendorf is the 868,551st most numerous family name internationally, held by around 1 in 23,357,519 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 64 percent of Wetendorf are found; 64 percent are found in Western Europe and 64 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Wetendorf is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 200 people, or 1 in 402,527. In Germany Wetendorf is mostly found in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 80 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 11 percent live and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Germany this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 29 percent live and Canada, where 6 percent live.

Wetendorf Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wetendorf has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wetendorf surname rose 9,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wetendorf Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wetendorf last name are 48.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 95% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Wetendorf earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 3.01% more than the national average, earning $44,446 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.13% less than the national average, earning $43,657 CAD per year.

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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 Wetendorf
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