Wetzold Surname

1,098,270th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 223 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wetzold Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wetzold Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1361:591,95247,778
United States721:5,034,152256,679
Switzerland131:631,76343,230
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Wetzold Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wetzold Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Wetzold occurs most in Germany. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of Wetzold click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wetzold? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,098,270th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 32,679,578 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of Wetzold reside; 67 percent reside in Western Europe and 67 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 136 people, or 1 in 591,952. In Germany it is most numerous in: Saxony, where 33 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 32 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 15 percent are found. Besides Germany it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 32 percent are found and Switzerland, where 6 percent are found.

Wetzold Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wetzold has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wetzold surname increased 7,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wetzold Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wetzold surname are 7.64% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60.87% registered to vote for the party.

Wetzold earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 6.58% more than the national average, earning $45,990 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waetzold9320/
Wetzhold931/
Wezold928/
Waetzoldt8816/
Betzold861,423/
Wätzold86192/
Wötzold8636/
Waezold861/
Betzhold80233/
Betzoldt8072/
Wätzhold801/
Beetzold801/
Wätzoldt801/
Wetzal772/
Betzol770/
Betzholdt750/
Bätzold7182/
Whetzal7152/
Betsold7146/
Betzolt7146/
Betzoll717/
Witzschold711/
Weitzal711/
Bötzold711/
Betzald710/
Weicold710/
Bitzold710/
Weichold67572/
Bethsold6722/
Bätzoldt6718/
Bettsold679/
Wezal671/
Vettsold671/
Vezol671/
Beczhold671/
Uezol671/
Betzholt670/
Betchold670/

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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 Wetzold
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