Wideroe Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Wideroe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wideroe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

The alternate forms: Wideröe (8) are calculated separately.

Wideroe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wideroe is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Wideröe. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wideroe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wideroe is the 5,213,395th most widely held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name Wideroe is mostly found in The Americas, where 79 percent of Wideroe are found; 79 percent are found in North America and 79 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 32,950,812. In The United States Wideroe is most frequent in: Georgia, where 36 percent live, Texas, where 36 percent live and California, where 27 percent live. Other than The United States this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 14 percent live and Malaysia, where 7 percent live.

Wideroe Last Name Statistics demography

Wideroe earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 81.64% more than the national average, earning $78,375 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wideröe958/
Weiderou806/
Widgerey805/
Wederei715/
Viderea711/
Wedereit6770/
Wiederuh6724/
Weiderud676/
Weiderup675/
Wedgerey670/

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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 Wideroe
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