Wetzer Surname
Approximately 513 people bear this surname
Wetzer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 191 | 1:421,495 | 38,230 |
| Netherlands | 158 | 1:106,881 | 17,196 |
| Hungary | 43 | 1:228,286 | 18,658 |
| Austria | 38 | 1:224,090 | 27,245 |
| United States | 21 | 1:17,259,949 | 572,238 |
| Belgium | 15 | 1:766,443 | 63,354 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Finland | 12 | 1:458,058 | 28,977 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 31 | 1:1,619,958 | 85,073 |
The alternate forms: Wetzér (2) are calculated separately.
Wetzer (10) may also be a first name.
Wetzer Demographics
Average Wetzer Salary in
United States
$30,250 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wetzer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wetzer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wetzer occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Wetzér. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wetzer? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wetzer is the 604,614th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 14,205,743 people. Wetzer occurs predominantly in Europe, where 90 percent of Wetzer are found; 79 percent are found in Western Europe and 79 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently used forename internationally, borne by 10 people.
The last name Wetzer is most numerous in Germany, where it is held by 191 people, or 1 in 421,495. In Germany Wetzer is mostly concentrated in: Baden-Württemberg, where 18 percent are found, Saxony-Anhalt, where 16 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 15 percent are found. Besides Germany it is found in 17 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 31 percent are found and Hungary, where 8 percent are found.
Wetzer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wetzer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wetzer surname decreased 32 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wetzer Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wetzer last name are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.67% registered with the party.
Wetzer earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 29.89% less than the national average, earning $30,250 USD per year.
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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 Wetzer
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