Wettern Surname

1,144,405th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 210 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wettern Surname Definition:

From the Dutch, Wetten, Wetteren; a personal name.

Wettern Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1031:781,60657,825
England521:1,071,50151,923
United States251:14,498,357517,445
Australia181:1,499,76175,721
Norway61:857,04855,549
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Wettern Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From the Dutch, Wetten, Wetteren; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Wettern Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wettern occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Wettern click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wettern? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,144,405th most commonly used family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 34,702,600 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 77 percent of Wettern are found; 49 percent are found in Western Europe and 49 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Wettern is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is held by 103 people, or 1 in 781,606. In Germany it is mostly found in: Lower Saxony, where 33 percent live, Schleswig-Holstein, where 27 percent live and Hamburg, where 20 percent live. Aside from Germany this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in England, where 25 percent live and The United States, where 12 percent live.

Wettern Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wettern has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname grew 743 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 625 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wettern Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wettern surname are 33.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 80% being registered with the political party.

The amount Wettern earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 37.42% more than the national average, earning 475,598 kr per year and in United States they earn 15.47% less than the national average, earning $36,474 USD per year.

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Footnotes

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