Widman Surname
Approximately 4,263 people bear this surname
Widman Surname Definition:
(German) Descendant of Widiman (forest, man); one who took care of church property.
Widman Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,295 | 1:110,003 | 11,991 |
| Sweden | 488 | 1:20,178 | 1,679 |
| Poland | 81 | 1:469,244 | 47,315 |
| Canada | 51 | 1:722,463 | 57,796 |
| England | 44 | 1:1,266,320 | 57,817 |
| Israel | 40 | 1:213,941 | 20,390 |
| Argentina | 37 | 1:1,155,227 | 69,250 |
| Nicaragua | 34 | 1:177,091 | 2,402 |
| Mexico | 28 | 1:4,433,079 | 27,489 |
| Finland | 27 | 1:203,582 | 17,121 |
| Uruguay | 26 | 1:131,991 | 12,009 |
| Philippines | 21 | 1:4,820,868 | 168,058 |
| Brazil | 18 | 1:11,893,018 | 236,958 |
| Netherlands | 16 | 1:1,055,448 | 66,951 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Ecuador | 5 | 1:3,181,169 | 27,617 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Northern Ireland | 4 | 1:461,259 | 16,615 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 416 | 1:120,718 | 11,763 |
Widman (445) may also be a first name.
Widman Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) Descendant of Widiman (forest, man); one who took care of church property.
Widman Demographics
Average Widman Salary in
United States
$45,625 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Widman Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Widman Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Widman is most common in The United States. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Widman? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 109,195th most commonly held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,709,488 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 82 percent of Widman are found; 79 percent are found in North America and 78 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 406,288th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 445 people.
The surname Widman is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 3,295 people, or 1 in 110,003. In The United States Widman is primarily found in: California, where 11 percent are found, Ohio, where 10 percent are found and New York, where 8 percent are found. Besides The United States this surname occurs in 31 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 11 percent are found and Poland, where 2 percent are found.
Widman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Widman has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Widman surname grew 792 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 1,100 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Widman Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Widman surname are 19.48% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.25% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Widman earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 48.12% less than the national average, earning 179,551 kr per year; in United States they earn 5.74% more than the national average, earning $45,625 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.95% more than the national average, earning $51,150 CAD per year.
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Widman Reference & Research
Weedman/Widmann DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Whitman DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Weedman/Widmann FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
Whitman FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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
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- 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 Widman
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