Wiegers Surname
Approximately 3,562 people bear this surname
Wiegers Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,326 | 1:60,713 | 7,808 |
| Netherlands | 1,043 | 1:16,191 | 2,478 |
| United States | 979 | 1:370,234 | 32,841 |
| Canada | 149 | 1:247,286 | 23,510 |
| Switzerland | 25 | 1:328,517 | 25,592 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 47 | 1:1,068,483 | 62,061 |
Wiegers Demographics
Average Wiegers Salary in
United States
$47,394 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wiegers Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wiegers Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wiegers is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wiegers? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 127,368th most widely held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 2,045,914 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 68 percent of Wiegers live; 67 percent live in Western Europe and 67 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 1,326 people, or 1 in 60,713. In Germany Wiegers is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 54 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 26 percent reside and Hamburg, where 8 percent reside. Other than Germany this surname is found in 18 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 29 percent reside and The United States, where 27 percent reside.
Wiegers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wiegers has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wiegers last name increased 2,083 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wiegers Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wiegers surname are 8.37% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.14% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Wiegers earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 27.15% less than the national average, earning R 173,112 per year; in United States they earn 9.84% more than the national average, earning $47,394 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.13% more than the national average, earning $50,242 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wieggers | 93 | 507 | / |
| Wegers | 92 | 91 | / |
| Wigers | 92 | 63 | / |
| Wiggers | 86 | 7,551 | / |
| Wijgers | 86 | 303 | / |
| Weygers | 86 | 150 | / |
| Weggers | 86 | 95 | / |
| Weigers | 86 | 54 | / |
| Viegers | 86 | 32 | / |
| Biegers | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wihgers | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wiegirs | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wichgers | 80 | 328 | / |
| Wijgerse | 80 | 191 | / |
| Weijgers | 80 | 120 | / |
| Weygerse | 80 | 13 | / |
| Weingers | 80 | 6 | / |
| Wiggerss | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wighgers | 80 | 1 | / |
| Weighers | 80 | 1 | / |
| Viegaers | 80 | 0 | / |
| Vigers | 77 | 231 | / |
| Vegers | 77 | 123 | / |
| Wygers | 77 | 57 | / |
| Bigers | 77 | 9 | / |
| Wegars | 77 | 3 | / |
| Wugers | 77 | 1 | / |
| Begers | 77 | 0 | / |
| Weijgerse | 75 | 27 | / |
| Weingersz | 75 | 2 | / |
| Biggers | 71 | 6,737 | / |
| Viggers | 71 | 1,058 | / |
| Viguers | 71 | 149 | / |
| Begiers | 71 | 16 | / |
| Veegers | 71 | 10 | / |
| Wygerse | 71 | 9 | / |
| Beggers | 71 | 6 | / |
| Vigiers | 71 | 1 | / |
| Veguers | 71 | 1 | / |
| Weggersová | 71 | 1 | / |
| Weegars | 71 | 1 | / |
| Biigers | 71 | 1 | / |
| Begeers | 71 | 1 | / |
| Veggers | 71 | 0 | / |
| Wyggers | 71 | 0 | / |
| Weigars | 71 | 0 | / |
| Wiggars | 71 | 0 | / |
| Beegers | 71 | 0 | / |
| Huijgers | 67 | 18 | / |
| Buijgers | 67 | 13 | / |
| Beyghers | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weygerze | 67 | 1 | / |
| Biggerss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beigiers | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wiegers
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