Wetzger Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Wetzger Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
Wetzger Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wetzger Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wetzger is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wetzger? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wetzger is the 10,311,814th most frequently used surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Wetzger occurs mostly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Wetzger live; 67 percent live in North America and 67 percent live in Anglo-North America.
Wetzger is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States Wetzger is most numerous in: Arizona, where 50 percent live and New Jersey, where 50 percent live. Apart from The United States this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Germany, where 33 percent live.
Wetzger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wetzger has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wetzger last name decreased 85 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 Wetzger
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