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 surname Wiegen has its highest incidence in Germany. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wiegen.
How Common Is The Last Name Wiegen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,323,005th most commonly occurring last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. The surname Wiegen is predominantly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Wiegen are found; 91 percent are found in Western Europe and 86 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 3,220,218. In Germany Wiegen is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 88 percent reside, Bavaria, where 4 percent reside and Hesse, where 4 percent reside. Beside Germany it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 14 percent reside and France, where 6 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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