Wiegand Surname
Approximately 34,220 people bear this surname
Wiegand Surname User-submission:
A variant of the German surname 'Wiegand'. Most likely comes from the Old Upper German word: wīgan, meaning 'to fight'.
Wiegand Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 23,679 | 1:3,400 | 363 |
| United States | 8,739 | 1:41,476 | 5,086 |
| Brazil | 345 | 1:620,505 | 23,061 |
| South Africa | 281 | 1:192,803 | 20,875 |
| Canada | 245 | 1:150,390 | 15,330 |
| Netherlands | 140 | 1:120,623 | 18,951 |
| England | 117 | 1:476,223 | 30,919 |
| Chile | 106 | 1:166,193 | 5,518 |
| Australia | 98 | 1:275,466 | 24,785 |
| Switzerland | 92 | 1:89,271 | 9,885 |
| Austria | 52 | 1:163,758 | 21,504 |
| France | 51 | 1:1,302,406 | 132,002 |
| Denmark | 25 | 1:225,789 | 17,947 |
| Argentina | 22 | 1:1,942,882 | 97,983 |
| Belgium | 20 | 1:574,832 | 53,219 |
| Sweden | 19 | 1:518,250 | 37,550 |
| Thailand | 18 | 1:3,924,352 | 328,346 |
| Spain | 18 | 1:2,597,335 | 59,996 |
| Poland | 17 | 1:2,235,809 | 104,965 |
| Hungary | 13 | 1:755,098 | 40,181 |
| Norway | 12 | 1:428,524 | 37,411 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Scotland | 11 | 1:486,711 | 19,179 |
| Italy | 10 | 1:6,115,669 | 111,715 |
| Myanmar | 9 | 1:5,770,887 | 975 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 1:905,665 | 45,114 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Faroe Islands | 3 | 1:16,333 | 1,308 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 16 | 1:1,523,461 | 51,234 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 838 | 1:59,927 | 6,615 |
Wiegand (461) may also be a first name.
Wiegand Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
A variant of the German surname 'Wiegand'. Most likely comes from the Old Upper German word: wīgan, meaning 'to fight'.
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Wiegand Religious Adherence
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Wiegand Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wiegand Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wiegand is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Wiegand click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wiegand? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wiegand is the 16,256th most frequently held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 212,962 people. The last name Wiegand occurs mostly in Europe, where 71 percent of Wiegand live; 70 percent live in Western Europe and 70 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 397,322nd most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 461 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 23,679 people, or 1 in 3,400. In Germany Wiegand is mostly concentrated in: Hesse, where 32 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 18 percent are found and Thuringia, where 11 percent are found. Beside Germany Wiegand occurs in 57 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 26 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.
Wiegand Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wiegand has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wiegand surname expanded 1,043 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 731 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 1,100 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wiegand Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Wiegand surname are 15.16% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 61.93% being registered with the political party.
The amount Wiegand earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 14.23% less than the national average, earning 296,841 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 100.77% more than the national average, earning R 477,096 per year; in United States they earn 9.19% more than the national average, earning $47,115 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.75% more than the national average, earning $54,031 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
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