Wieffer Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Wieffer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wieffer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands781:216,50229,188
England21:27,859,030389,889
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Wieffer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wieffer is found most in The Netherlands. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wieffer.

How Common Is The Last Name Wieffer? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,075,631st most prevalent last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. Wieffer is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Wieffer are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 78 people, or 1 in 216,502. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: Overijssel, where 64 percent reside, South Holland, where 14 percent reside and Flevoland, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account The Netherlands it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent reside and Germany, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Weffer921,530/
Wiffer922/
Wiefer921/
Wueffer8652/
Weaffer8622/
Waeffer869/
Wiffier861/
Woeffer861/
Wefferd861/
Bieffer861/
Whiffer861/
Wiffert861/
Wifferd860/
Wefer831,174/
Wiefe832/
Wifer831/
Weiffert8022/
Weafer77808/
Wepfer77624/
Biefer77247/
Veffer77135/
Beffer7755/
Biffer7741/
Wehfer7737/
Waifer7723/
Wuefer777/
Weefer774/
Viffer773/
Wifert772/
Bieffe772/
Wuffer771/
Weferd771/
Weifer771/
Whefer771/
Wietfe771/
Wipfer771/
Wefeer771/
Wefere771/
Weffre771/
Weifert7187/
Hueffer7126/
Weisfer715/
Wipfier712/
Wouffer711/
Beiffer711/
Weafear711/
Weifher711/
Whefoer711/
Byeffer711/
Hwaifer711/
Wüffert711/
Wueferd711/
Weeafer711/
Wiefett711/
Whitfer710/
Wheufer710/
Bajiffer6722/
Viefe6714/
Wefir679/
Uefer678/
Bifer677/
Vefer675/
Befer675/
Wefre674/
Biefe674/
Vifer674/
Wuefpher671/
Waitferd670/
Whitferd670/

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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
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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 Wieffer
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