Widemeyer Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Widemeyer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Widemeyer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany151:5,367,031196,901
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:1,931,48897,398

Widemeyer Last Name Facts

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

Widemeyer is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Widemeyer.

How Common Is The Last Name Widemeyer? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,908,606th most frequently occurring family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname Widemeyer is mostly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Widemeyer reside; 94 percent reside in Western Europe and 94 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 5,367,031. In Germany it is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Germany this surname is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent reside.

Widemeyer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Widemeyer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Widemeyer surname declined 96 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Widemeyer
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