Wiegrefe Surname

1,098,270th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 223 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wiegrefe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wiegrefe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1111:725,27454,868
United States1091:3,325,311189,554
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Wiegrefe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wiegrefe Come From? nationality or country of origin

Wiegrefe has its highest incidence in Germany. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wiegrefe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,098,270th most commonly used family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 32,679,578 people. The last name Wiegrefe occurs predominantly in Europe, where 51 percent of Wiegrefe are found; 51 percent are found in Western Europe and 51 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 111 people, or 1 in 725,274. In Germany Wiegrefe is most common in: Lower Saxony, where 60 percent live, Bremen, where 11 percent live and Berlin, where 9 percent live. Excluding Germany this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 49 percent live and Australia, where 0 percent live.

Wiegrefe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wiegrefe has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wiegrefe surname rose 1,363 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wiegrefe Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wiegrefe surname are 26.91% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 73.68% registered with the political party.

Wiegrefe earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 5.37% less than the national average, earning $40,834 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wiegreffe94135/
Wieggrefe947/
Wiegref9317/
Wigrefe930/
Wiegräfe8827/
Wiegreff8819/
Wiegresf883/
Wiegrafe881/
Wiegraffe8220/
Weigreffe821/
Viegreffe821/
Wieggrife820/
Wygraffe631/

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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 Wiegrefe
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