Wetjen Surname
Approximately 1,352 people bear this surname
Wetjen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 915 | 1:87,984 | 11,089 |
| United States | 404 | 1:897,176 | 67,678 |
| Norway | 11 | 1:467,481 | 39,375 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 30 | 1:1,673,956 | 87,330 |
Wetjen (10) may also be a first name.
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Wetjen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wetjen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wetjen occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wetjen.
How Common Is The Last Name Wetjen? popularity and diffusion
Wetjen is the 284,627th most common family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 5,390,197 people. The surname Wetjen occurs mostly in Europe, where 69 percent of Wetjen are found; 68 percent are found in Western Europe and 68 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Wetjen is also the 3,684,242nd most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 10 people.
The surname Wetjen is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 915 people, or 1 in 87,984. In Germany Wetjen is most numerous in: Lower Saxony, where 48 percent reside, Bremen, where 33 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 6 percent reside. Other than Germany this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 30 percent reside and Norway, where 1 percent reside.
Wetjen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wetjen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wetjen surname increased 1,347 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wetjen Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Wetjen last name are 38.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 85% registered with the party.
The amount Wetjen earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 21.92% more than the national average, earning 421,937 kr per year; in United States they earn 2.07% more than the national average, earning $44,043 USD per year and in Canada they earn 36.05% less than the national average, earning $31,774 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Wetjen
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