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
The last name Wettzel is most common in Germany. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wettzel? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,193,072nd most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 80 percent of Wettzel are found; 80 percent are found in Western Europe and 80 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname Wettzel is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 20,126,365. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Saxony-Anhalt, where 50 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 25 percent are found. Apart from Germany it exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 20 percent are found.
Wettzel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wettzel has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 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
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