Widding Surname

722,496th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 403 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Widding Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Widding Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1921:26,7833,645
Denmark1091:51,7865,324
United States391:9,293,819392,288
Sweden331:298,38720,789
Germany281:2,875,195137,699
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Widding Last Name Facts

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

Widding is held by more people in Norway than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Widding? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 722,496th most frequently held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 18,083,240 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 90 percent of Widding reside; 83 percent reside in Northern Europe and 83 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Norway, where it is borne by 192 people, or 1 in 26,783. In Norway Widding is mostly concentrated in: Northern Norway, where 39 percent are found, Western Norway, where 31 percent are found and Eastern Norway, where 22 percent are found. Besides Norway this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 27 percent are found and The United States, where 10 percent are found.

Widding Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Widding has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 390 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Widding Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Widding surname are 24.55% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 77.78% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Widding earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 17.3% more than the national average, earning 405,944 kr per year and in United States they earn 0.26% less than the national average, earning $43,038 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whidding930/
Widing921,216/
Wedding863,099/
Wieding86222/
Bidding86167/
Weiding8657/
Vidding865/
Widings861/
Whiding861/
Wudding861/
Widng831/
Hvidding8030/
Biding77623/
Viding77268/
Weding77256/
Wuding7761/
Widäng7721/
Weddng771/
Wideng770/
Weeding71693/
Bedding71645/
Büdding71388/
Hviding71142/
Wetding7142/
Huiding7133/
Wehding7130/
Veiding7113/
Weideng719/
Beiding718/
Vedding716/
Baiding715/
Buiding714/
Weyding711/
Weïding711/
Uidiong711/
Weading711/
Uedding711/
Boiding711/
Wiedeng710/
Hvedding678/
Waidaeng671/
Bidng671/
Beadding670/

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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 Widding
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