Wiedemann Surname
Approximately 31,954 people bear this surname
Wiedemann Surname User-submission:
The Wiedemann surname means 'man of the fog' or 'man of the shadows'.
Wiedemann Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 26,349 | 1:3,055 | 317 |
| United States | 2,231 | 1:162,465 | 16,530 |
| France | 525 | 1:126,519 | 19,275 |
| Austria | 501 | 1:16,997 | 2,560 |
| Brazil | 348 | 1:615,156 | 22,898 |
| Switzerland | 294 | 1:27,935 | 4,275 |
| Hungary | 229 | 1:42,866 | 4,574 |
| Canada | 221 | 1:166,722 | 16,788 |
| Argentina | 203 | 1:210,559 | 17,357 |
| Denmark | 149 | 1:37,884 | 3,949 |
| Australia | 136 | 1:198,498 | 19,506 |
| Poland | 122 | 1:311,547 | 36,785 |
| Israel | 107 | 1:79,978 | 9,667 |
| England | 80 | 1:696,476 | 39,547 |
| Mexico | 56 | 1:2,216,539 | 19,710 |
| Czechia | 52 | 1:204,490 | 29,445 |
| Italy | 49 | 1:1,248,096 | 75,884 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Uruguay | 33 | 1:103,993 | 10,112 |
| Norway | 32 | 1:160,696 | 19,635 |
| Spain | 31 | 1:1,508,130 | 46,256 |
| Thailand | 27 | 1:2,616,235 | 275,741 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| Belgium | 16 | 1:718,540 | 60,840 |
| Venezuela | 15 | 1:2,013,605 | 24,362 |
| Colombia | 13 | 1:3,674,929 | 15,922 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| Croatia | 8 | 1:528,576 | 38,675 |
| Slovakia | 6 | 1:889,408 | 78,715 |
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,177,235 | 16,494 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Liechtenstein | 2 | 1:19,189 | 1,439 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| 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 | 159 | 1:315,841 | 24,783 |
Wiedemann (25) may also be a first name.
Wiedemann Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Wiedemann surname means 'man of the fog' or 'man of the shadows'.
- lilfreedomWiedemann Demographics
Average Wiedemann Salary in
United States
$50,536 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wiedemann Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wiedemann Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wiedemann is found most in Germany. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wiedemann? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 17,347th most widespread last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 228,064 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 89 percent of Wiedemann reside; 87 percent reside in Western Europe and 85 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,136,160th most widespread given name internationally, held by 25 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 26,349 people, or 1 in 3,055. In Germany it is mostly found in: Bavaria, where 40 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 14 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 10 percent live. Not including Germany this last name is found in 51 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 7 percent live and France, where 2 percent live.
Wiedemann Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wiedemann has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wiedemann last name expanded 1,403 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 2,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wiedemann Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wiedemann last name are 22.35% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 69.12% registered with the party.
The amount Wiedemann earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 30.04% less than the national average, earning 242,116 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 219.58% more than the national average, earning R 759,444 per year; in Colombia they earn 30.79% more than the national average, earning $29,693,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 17.12% more than the national average, earning $50,536 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.14% more than the national average, earning $61,180 CAD per year.
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Wiedemann Reference & Research
Weedman/Widmann 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.
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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
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