Wettmer Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Wettmer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 45 | 1:182,509 | 16,410 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Wettmer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wettmer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wettmer occurs more in Switzerland more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Wettmer.
How Common Is The Last Name Wettmer? popularity and diffusion
Wettmer is the 2,843,861st most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname Wettmer occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Wettmer are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
It is most widely held in Switzerland, where it is held by 45 people, or 1 in 182,509. In Switzerland Wettmer is most frequent in: Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden, where 62 percent live, Canton of Zürich, where 22 percent live and Canton of Lucerne, where 13 percent live. Excluding Switzerland this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
Wettmer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wettmer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wettmer last name declined 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Wettmer
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