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 surname Wetterau is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wetterau? popularity and diffusion

Wetterau is the 380,576th most widely held family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,777,530 people. The surname Wetterau is predominantly found in Europe, where 60 percent of Wetterau are found; 60 percent are found in Western Europe and 60 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Wetterau is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 558 people, or 1 in 144,275. In Germany it is most common in: Hesse, where 55 percent reside, Thuringia, where 23 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Germany it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 40 percent reside and Austria, where 0 percent reside.

Wetterau Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wetterau has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wetterau surname grew 1,496 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wetterau Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wetterau last name are 10.81% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.58% registered to vote for 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
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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 Wetterau
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