Wetterau Surname

380,576th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 937 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wetterau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wetterau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5581:144,27517,409
United States3741:969,14271,998
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States251:2,008,747100,426

Wetterau Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wetterau is most common in Germany. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wetterau.

How Common Is The Last Name Wetterau? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wetterau is the 380,576th most widely held last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 7,777,530 people. Wetterau is primarily found in Europe, where 60 percent of Wetterau reside; 60 percent reside in Western Europe and 60 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Wetterau is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 558 people, or 1 in 144,275. In Germany it is most numerous in: Hesse, where 55 percent live, Thuringia, where 23 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 13 percent live. Not including Germany Wetterau occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 40 percent live and Austria, where 0 percent live.

Wetterau Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wetterau has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wetterau last name grew 1,496 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wetterau Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wetterau surname are 10.81% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.58% being registered with the party.

Wetterau earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 13.72% more than the national average, earning $49,069 USD 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 Wetterau
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