Widmer Surname

19,012th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28,939 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Widmer Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Widmerpool,' a parish in Nottinghamshire, nine miles from the capital.

Durand de Wydmerpol, London, temp. Edward I I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

Walter de Wythmer, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

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Widmer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland20,1281:40815
United States4,8981:74,0018,518
Germany1,1621:69,2828,856
France8091:82,10511,640
Canada4621:79,7528,917
Argentina3721:114,9029,686
Brazil2111:1,014,57035,835
Australia1991:135,65714,662
Austria931:91,56413,432
Thailand811:872,078137,928
England621:898,67846,462
Chile521:338,7789,521
Dominican Republic391:267,5119,432
Spain371:1,263,56942,239
Italy331:1,853,23386,897
Norway271:190,45522,163
South Africa221:2,462,623101,019
Ecuador221:722,99312,618
Netherlands201:844,35960,801
New Zealand191:238,33322,631
Paraguay181:402,0415,757
Liechtenstein181:2,132228
Cayman Islands141:4,564572
Philippines131:7,787,556197,164
Sweden121:820,56361,223
China81:170,915,1968,932
Uruguay81:428,97023,885
Malaysia81:3,686,778134,908
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Mexico71:17,732,31550,495
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Venezuela61:5,034,01343,431
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Belgium51:2,299,329106,824
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England251:975,01539,671
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4411:113,87511,266

The alternate forms: Widmêr (1) are calculated separately.

Widmer (438) may also be a first name.

Widmer Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Widmerpool,' a parish in Nottinghamshire, nine miles from the capital.

Durand de Wydmerpol, London, temp. Edward I I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

Walter de Wythmer, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

Stephen Wedmer, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.

1581. Thomas Widmerpooll, Nottinghamshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1586. Nicholas Wydmer, or Widmore, Buckinghamshire: ibid.

1789. Married — Thomas Shotter and Elizabeth Widmer: St. George, Hanover Square.

1806. — William Bowles and Maria Widmor: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) 1 the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Widmtkr = Far-Famed [Old English wíd, wide, far + mœre, famous] 2 Dweller at the Wide Mere [Old English wíd + mere, a lake] Widmerpool, Notts, is ‘Widmær’s Pool’, as the I2th-cent. form Widmespol and the Domesday Wimarspol show.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(German) One who worked a farm, the products of which went to the support of a church.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A parish in Nottinghamshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Widmer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Widmer (Arabic: فيدمر) occurs most in Switzerland. It can also be found in the variant forms: Widmêr. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Widmer? popularity and diffusion

The last name Widmer is the 19,012th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 251,824 people. The last name Widmer occurs mostly in Europe, where 78 percent of Widmer reside; 76 percent reside in Western Europe and 67 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Widmer is also the 409,668th most numerous first name on earth, held by 438 people.

The last name is most widely held in Switzerland, where it is borne by 20,128 people, or 1 in 408. In Switzerland Widmer is mostly concentrated in: Canton of Zürich, where 22 percent reside, Canton of Aargau, where 19 percent reside and Canton of Bern, where 12 percent reside. Beside Switzerland this last name is found in 68 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 17 percent reside and Germany, where 4 percent reside.

Widmer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Widmer has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 1,111 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 248 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Widmer Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Widmer are 13.43% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60.2% registered with the party.

The amount Widmer earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 23.56% less than the national average, earning 264,534 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 46.65% less than the national average, earning R 126,768 per year; in United States they earn 4.68% more than the national average, earning $45,167 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.64% less than the national average, earning $46,880 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Widmêr941/
Wiedmer923,645/
Widmier92106/
Weidmer9262/
Widmere924/
Widmeir923/
Widmeyr922/
Whidmer921/
Widmert921/
Widdmer920/
Wiedmier8675/
Weidmert8614/
Weidemer864/
Wiedmeir863/
Weidmier861/
Weidmger860/
Vidmer83249/
Wedmer835/
Wudmer831/
Widmerová806/
Widmayr7778/
Widmair7711/
Wydemer772/
Widmire771/
Weedmer771/
Wedmier770/
Wedmeir770/
Widmyre770/
Waidmayr7126/
Wiedmayr7124/
Weidemyr7112/
Wiedmair712/
Widmaire712/
Waidemir711/
Widdmire710/
Weedemer710/
Whidmire710/
Weidmire710/
Weidemyre679/
Wedmyr671/

Widmer Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Widmer in the Arabic language
فيدمرfydmr-

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