Wiers Surname
Approximately 1,215 people bear this surname
Wiers Surname User-submission:
The Wiers surname comes from Dutch patronymic origin, meaning 'son of Wier (Wieger, Wiro)'.
Wiers Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 751 | 1:482,635 | 40,833 |
| Netherlands | 227 | 1:74,393 | 12,605 |
| Germany | 98 | 1:821,484 | 59,964 |
| Norway | 57 | 1:90,216 | 12,446 |
| South Africa | 32 | 1:1,693,053 | 82,821 |
| Belgium | 21 | 1:547,459 | 51,586 |
| Canada | 20 | 1:1,842,280 | 119,096 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 172 | 1:291,969 | 23,310 |
Wiers Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Wiers surname comes from Dutch patronymic origin, meaning 'son of Wier (Wieger, Wiro)'.
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Wiers Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Wiers Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wiers Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wiers is found most frequently in The United States. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wiers? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wiers is the 310,170th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 5,997,980 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Wiers reside; 63 percent reside in North America and 63 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
Wiers is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 751 people, or 1 in 482,635. In The United States Wiers is most common in: Michigan, where 30 percent reside, New York, where 11 percent reside and Maine, where 9 percent reside. Apart from The United States this surname occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 19 percent reside and Germany, where 8 percent reside.
Wiers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wiers has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wiers surname increased 437 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wiers Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Wiers surname are 24.52% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 71.29% registered with the political party.
The amount Wiers earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 14.2% less than the national average, earning 296,937 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 38.33% more than the national average, earning R 328,728 per year; in United States they earn 1.35% more than the national average, earning $43,730 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.86% less than the national average, earning $39,321 CAD per year.
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