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 is most common in Germany. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Widey? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 10,311,814th most frequently held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Widey occurs predominantly in Africa, where 33 percent of Widey are found; 33 percent are found in Southern Africa and 33 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Widey is also the 4,548,448th most frequent first name world-wide, held by 7 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 80,505,459. In Germany Widey is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 100 percent are found. Other than Germany this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 33 percent are found and The United States, where 33 percent are found.
Widey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Widey has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Widey 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
- 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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