Wiegandt Surname
Approximately 1,736 people bear this surname
Wiegandt Surname User-submission:
A variant of the German surname 'Wiegand'. Most likely comes from the Old Upper German word: wīgan, meaning 'to fight'.
Wiegandt Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,296 | 1:62,118 | 7,975 |
| United States | 249 | 1:1,455,658 | 99,719 |
| Sweden | 39 | 1:252,481 | 17,476 |
| Denmark | 26 | 1:217,104 | 17,438 |
| Switzerland | 21 | 1:391,091 | 29,271 |
| Brazil | 20 | 1:10,703,717 | 220,519 |
| Poland | 18 | 1:2,111,597 | 101,748 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| Mexico | 9 | 1:13,791,801 | 45,470 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Austria | 6 | 1:1,419,239 | 86,529 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 22 | 1:2,282,667 | 111,005 |
Wiegandt 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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Wiegandt Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wiegandt Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wiegandt is most common in Germany. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Wiegandt.
How Common Is The Last Name Wiegandt? popularity and diffusion
It is the 232,523rd most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 4,197,895 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 83 percent of Wiegandt are found; 77 percent are found in Western Europe and 76 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 1,296 people, or 1 in 62,118. In Germany it is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 17 percent are found, Thuringia, where 13 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 13 percent are found. Other than Germany it occurs in 25 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 14 percent are found and Sweden, where 2 percent are found.
Wiegandt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wiegandt has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wiegandt last name expanded 1,132 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wiegandt Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wiegandt last name are 8.13% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 54.9% registered to vote for the political party.
Wiegandt earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 8.75% more than the national average, earning $46,924 USD per year.
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