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 surname Wieffer is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wieffer? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,075,631st most frequent surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 88,872,511 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Wieffer reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

Wieffer is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 78 people, or 1 in 216,502. In The Netherlands Wieffer is most numerous in: Overijssel, where 64 percent are found, South Holland, where 14 percent are found and Flevoland, where 6 percent are found. Apart from The Netherlands this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent are found and Germany, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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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