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Where Does The Last Name Wiese Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Wiese occurs most in Germany. It may also be found in the variant forms: Wiesé. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wiese? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 10,879^th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 141,237 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 60 percent of Wiese are found; 55 percent are found in Western Europe and 55 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,308,380^th most widely held forename on earth, borne by 57 people.

This last name is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 28,047 people, or 1 in 2,870. In Germany Wiese is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 27 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 16 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 14 percent are found. Outside of Germany this last name occurs in 74 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 25 percent are found and South Africa, where 9 percent are found.

Wiese Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Wiese has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wiese last name rose 1,357 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 1,075 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wiese Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those bearing the Wiese surname are 21.18% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 67.95% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Wiese earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 100.49% more than the national average, earning 693,861 kr per year; in Peru they earn 91.54% more than the national average, earning S/. 37,130 per year; in South Africa they earn 98.47% more than the national average, earning R 471,648 per year; in United States they earn 6.99% more than the national average, earning $46,166 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.57% more than the national average, earning $49,967 CAD per year.