Wiersing Surname

2,106,139th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 80 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wiersing Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wiersing Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany711:1,133,88074,985
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Wiersing Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wiersing is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Wiersing click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wiersing? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,106,139th most commonly occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 91,094,324 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 93 percent of Wiersing reside; 93 percent reside in Western Europe and 91 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 71 people, or 1 in 1,133,880. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Thuringia, where 42 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 28 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 15 percent reside. Aside from Germany this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 6 percent reside and Australia, where 1 percent reside.

Wiersing Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wiersing has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wiersing last name fell 17 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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
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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 Wiersing
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