Wetern Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Estonia

Wetern Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wetern Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Wetern Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wetern is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wetern? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wetern is the 8,193,072nd most common surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Wetern reside; 60 percent reside in North America and 60 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States it is most numerous in: District of Columbia, where 33 percent reside, Massachusetts, where 33 percent reside and Mississippi, where 33 percent reside. Besides The United States it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 20 percent reside and Estonia, where 20 percent reside.

Wetern Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wetern has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wetern last name fell 40 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Wetern
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