Wiedemayer Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Wiedemayer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wiedemayer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany211:3,833,593163,016
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Wiedemayer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wiedemayer occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wiedemayer? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wiedemayer is the 3,274,477th most common family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 83 percent of Wiedemayer reside; 81 percent reside in Western Europe and 81 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 3,833,593. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 81 percent are found, Thuringia, where 14 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Germany this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 14 percent are found and Switzerland, where 14 percent are found.

Wiedemayer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wiedemayer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wiedemayer surname declined 75 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
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  • 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 Wiedemayer
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