Wewers Surname

205,521st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,019 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
South Africa

Wewers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wewers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany9341:86,19410,891
South Africa7471:72,5279,038
United States3301:1,098,36079,589
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
England11:55,718,059489,080
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Wewers Last Name Facts

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

Wewers occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Wewers click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wewers? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wewers is the 205,521st most frequently used last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 3,609,483 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 47 percent of Wewers reside; 46 percent reside in Western Europe and 46 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

Wewers is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 934 people, or 1 in 86,194. In Germany it is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 89 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 6 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Germany this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 37 percent are found and The United States, where 16 percent are found.

Wewers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wewers has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wewers last name expanded 11,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wewers Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Wewers are 5.23% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 58.46% registered with the party.

The amount Wewers earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 50.29% less than the national average, earning R 118,128 per year and in United States they earn 23.37% more than the national average, earning $53,232 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weiwers9258/
Weewers926/
Wiewers921/
Weawers921/
Wevers834,141/
Bewers83275/
Wawers83138/
Wywers836/
Wowers833/
Vewers831/
Weavers772,001/
Weevers77334/
Weebers7775/
Weevirs7731/
Wievers7717/
Weivers779/
Veywers778/
Weibers775/
Waevers772/
Weverst771/
Viewers771/
Webersch710/
Bevers674,541/
Vevers67822/
Bebers67383/
Vywers67363/
Vebers6758/
Vowers6744/
Wavers6737/
Wivers6711/
Uebers679/
Wovers677/
Wibers673/
Vawers670/
Biwers670/
Uevers670/

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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
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  • 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 Wewers
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