Wiefel Surname

476,328th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 702 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wiefel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wiefel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany6581:122,34914,971
United States321:11,326,842445,236
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
England21:27,859,030389,889
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Wiefel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wiefel occurs most in Germany. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wiefel? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wiefel is the 476,328th most frequently held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 10,381,120 people. The last name Wiefel is mostly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Wiefel live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Wiefel is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 658 people, or 1 in 122,349. In Germany Wiefel is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 48 percent live, Thuringia, where 31 percent live and Bavaria, where 7 percent live. Besides Germany this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 5 percent live and Sweden, where 1 percent live.

Wiefel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wiefel has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 291 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wiefel Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wiefel surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.

Wiefel earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 26.4% more than the national average, earning $54,542 USD per year.

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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 Wiefel
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