Wetterlin Surname

1,098,270th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 223 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Sweden

Wetterlin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wetterlin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1451:2,499,717152,655
Sweden521:189,36113,089
Norway191:270,64728,127
England61:9,286,343223,652
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Wetterlin Last Name Facts

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

Wetterlin is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wetterlin? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,098,270th most common surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 32,679,578 people. The surname Wetterlin is mostly found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Wetterlin reside; 63 percent reside in North America and 63 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

It is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 145 people, or 1 in 2,499,717. In The United States Wetterlin is most prevalent in: Minnesota, where 45 percent are found, Wisconsin, where 10 percent are found and Texas, where 6 percent are found. Beside The United States this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 23 percent are found and Norway, where 9 percent are found.

Wetterlin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wetterlin has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wetterlin last name grew 1,318 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wetterlin Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wetterlin last name are 24.66% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 71.43% being registered with the political party.

The amount Wetterlin earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 12.11% more than the national average, earning 387,992 kr per year and in United States they earn 32.91% more than the national average, earning $57,350 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 Wetterlin
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