Wierema Surname
Approximately 320 people bear this surname
Wierema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 194 | 1:87,047 | 14,424 |
| United States | 125 | 1:2,899,671 | 170,778 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Wierema Demographics
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Wierema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wierema Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wierema occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Wierema.
How Common Is The Last Name Wierema? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 853,416th most commonly used last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,773,581 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 61 percent of Wierema are found; 61 percent are found in Western Europe and 61 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is held by 194 people, or 1 in 87,047. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: Groningen, where 23 percent reside, South Holland, where 20 percent reside and Friesland, where 17 percent reside. Besides The Netherlands this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 39 percent reside and Denmark, where 0 percent reside.
Wierema Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wierema has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 2,083 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wierema Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Wierema surname are 39.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 86.67% registered with the political party.
Wierema earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 14.63% less than the national average, earning $36,837 USD per year.
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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 Wierema
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