Whitlau Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Whitlau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 39 | 1:433,005 | 44,158 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Whitlau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Whitlau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Whitlau occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Whitlau? popularity and diffusion
The surname Whitlau is the 3,055,934th most widespread family name on earth, held by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Whitlau live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name Whitlau is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 433,005. In The Netherlands Whitlau is most frequent in: South Holland, where 56 percent are found and North Holland, where 44 percent are found. Apart from The Netherlands this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Whitlau
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