Wielhelm Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Venezuela

Wielhelm Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wielhelm Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Wielhelm (22) may also be a first name.

Wielhelm Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wielhelm is held by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wielhelm? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,968,613th most common last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Wielhelm is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Wielhelm are found; 75 percent are found in South America and 50 percent are found in Luso-South America. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequent first name globally, borne by 22 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 107,037,166. In Brazil it is most prevalent in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 50 percent are found and São Paulo, where 50 percent are found. Barring Brazil it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent are found and Venezuela, where 25 percent are found.

Wielhelm Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wielhelm has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wielhelm surname contracted 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wilhelm93100,007/
Welhelm9316/
Wilhelme88147/
Whilhelm8817/
Wilhelmm888/
Wilhellm885/
Wilhelhm883/
Weilhelm883/
Wilheilm883/
Wilhgelm882/
Wilhhelm881/
Wihlhelm881/
Wuilhelm881/
Welhelme881/
Whelhelm880/
Wheelhelm820/
Whillhelm820/
Vilhelm80552/
Wilhalm80111/
Wilholm8060/
Wulhelm803/
Velhelm802/
Wilelhm801/
Uilhelm801/
Bilhelm801/
Wilhilm801/
Wilhelmová78116/
Wilhelmova784/
Voilhelm750/
Vilgelm672,566/
Vilhelmová67177/
Vylhelm67127/
Vilholm6783/
Velgelm6721/
Vilhelmova675/
Wilhielm632/
Vylhelmova562/

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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 Wielhelm
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