Widener Surname

71,589th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,896 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Widener Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Widener Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,8551:52,8756,349
New Zealand71:646,90340,014
England71:7,959,723202,100
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
China21:683,660,78330,601
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7551:66,5157,224

Widener (34) may also be a first name.

Widener Last Name Facts

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

Widener occurs most in The United States. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Widener? popularity and diffusion

The last name Widener is the 71,589th most widely held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 1,056,779 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Widener reside; 99 percent reside in North America and 99 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Widener is also the 1,775,424th most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 34 people.

This surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 6,855 people, or 1 in 52,875. In The United States it is most common in: Virginia, where 13 percent are found, Georgia, where 9 percent are found and North Carolina, where 7 percent are found. Barring The United States this surname exists in 19 countries. It is also common in New Zealand, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Widener Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Widener has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Widener last name increased 908 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Widener Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Widener are 20.56% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 67.33% registered to vote for the party.

Widener earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.22% less than the national average, earning $40,464 USD per year.

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Widener Reference & Research

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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 Widener
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