Wiegen Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Wiegen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 25 | 1:3,220,218 | 147,383 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Wiegen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wiegen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wiegen is found most frequently in Germany. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Wiegen.
How Common Is The Last Name Wiegen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,323,005th most prevalent surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Wiegen reside; 91 percent reside in Western Europe and 86 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
Wiegen is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 3,220,218. In Germany Wiegen is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 88 percent live, Bavaria, where 4 percent live and Hesse, where 4 percent live. Not including Germany it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 14 percent live and France, where 6 percent live.
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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 Wiegen
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