Wetzenstein Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Wetzenstein Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 27 | 1:2,981,684 | 140,707 |
| Sweden | 15 | 1:656,450 | 48,545 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Wetzenstein Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wetzenstein Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wetzenstein occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wetzenstein? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wetzenstein is the 2,843,861st most commonly held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. Wetzenstein is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Wetzenstein are found; 62 percent are found in Western Europe and 62 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 2,981,684. In Germany Wetzenstein is primarily found in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 30 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 26 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 22 percent are found. Excluding Germany it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 32 percent are found and England, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Witzenstein | 91 | 0 | / |
| Witgenstein | 82 | 38 | / |
| Wichenstein | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wittgensteyn | 70 | 6 | / |
| Vitgenshteyn | 61 | 10 | / |
| Watson-Stone | 52 | 7 | / |
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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 Wetzenstein
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