Wettzel Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Wettzel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| 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 |
Wettzel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wettzel Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wettzel occurs most in Germany. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wettzel? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,193,072nd most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 80 percent of Wettzel live; 80 percent live in Western Europe and 80 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 20,126,365. In Germany it is most frequent in: Saxony-Anhalt, where 50 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 25 percent live. Aside from Germany it exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent live.
Wettzel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wettzel has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 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 Wettzel
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