Wichtrup Surname
Approximately 305 people bear this surname
Wichtrup Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 295 | 1:272,900 | 28,854 |
| Denmark | 8 | 1:705,589 | 39,626 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
Wichtrup Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wichtrup Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wichtrup is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wichtrup? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 883,255th most frequently occurring family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 23,893,593 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Wichtrup live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 295 people, or 1 in 272,900. In Germany Wichtrup is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 68 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 18 percent are found and Bremen, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Germany this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 3 percent are found and Austria, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wittrup | 80 | 701 | / |
| Wistrup | 80 | 14 | / |
| Witru | 77 | 123 | / |
| Widstrup | 75 | 21 | / |
| Bechtrup | 75 | 3 | / |
| Wiestrup | 75 | 1 | / |
| Vitrup | 71 | 6 | / |
| Weahterup | 71 | 1 | / |
| Witrou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bitrup | 71 | 1 | / |
| Westrup | 67 | 2,088 | / |
| Vittrup | 67 | 1,019 | / |
| Bistrup | 67 | 210 | / |
| Vistrup | 67 | 210 | / |
| Waitreu | 67 | 47 | / |
| Weisstrupp | 67 | 21 | / |
| Vitrupe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Witroux | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vitrups | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wystrup | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wethrup | 67 | 0 | / |
| Withrou | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Wichtrup
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