Wiegland Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Wiegland Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 41 | 1:1,963,548 | 108,338 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
Wiegland Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wiegland Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wiegland is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wiegland? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wiegland is the 2,909,720th most widely held last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. The last name Wiegland occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Wiegland live; 93 percent live in Western Europe and 91 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 1,963,548. In Germany it is primarily found in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 80 percent live, Bavaria, where 17 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Germany it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent live and Switzerland, where 2 percent live.
Wiegland Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wiegland has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wiegland last name declined 73 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wegland | 93 | 13 | / |
| Wigland | 93 | 3 | / |
| Viegland | 88 | 9 | / |
| Weigland | 88 | 5 | / |
| Weggland | 88 | 3 | / |
| Wiggland | 88 | 1 | / |
| Weyglandt | 82 | 0 | / |
| Weighland | 82 | 0 | / |
| Bigland | 80 | 601 | / |
| Vigland | 80 | 82 | / |
| Begland | 80 | 31 | / |
| Vieglahn | 75 | 6 | / |
| Wieglein | 75 | 5 | / |
| Wougland | 75 | 0 | / |
| Bygland | 67 | 131 | / |
| Biglond | 67 | 7 | / |
| Beglant | 67 | 1 | / |
| Byggland | 63 | 13 | / |
| Viglante | 63 | 4 | / |
| Vegleante | 59 | 15 | / |
| Voughland | 59 | 0 | / |
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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 Wiegland
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