Widey Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Widey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 24 | 1:2,092,445 | 103,667 |
Widey (7) may also be a first name.
Widey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Widey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Widey occurs most in Germany. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Widey? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 10,311,814th most widely held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Widey occurs mostly in Africa, where 33 percent of Widey reside; 33 percent reside in Southern Africa and 33 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Widey is also the 4,548,448th most widely held given name on earth It is held by 7 people.
Widey is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 80,505,459. In Germany Widey is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 100 percent reside. Barring Germany Widey occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 33 percent reside and The United States, where 33 percent reside.
Widey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Widey has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Widey last name fell 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
- 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 Widey
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