Wiese Surname
Approximately 51,598 people bear this surname
Wiese Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 28,047 | 1:2,870 | 294 |
| United States | 12,988 | 1:27,907 | 3,484 |
| South Africa | 4,690 | 1:11,552 | 1,437 |
| Australia | 1,350 | 1:19,997 | 2,775 |
| Poland | 992 | 1:38,315 | 5,990 |
| Denmark | 720 | 1:7,840 | 712 |
| Canada | 614 | 1:60,009 | 7,069 |
| Brazil | 399 | 1:536,527 | 20,103 |
| Netherlands | 277 | 1:60,965 | 10,486 |
| Dominican Republic | 254 | 1:41,075 | 2,198 |
| Norway | 187 | 1:27,499 | 3,760 |
| Switzerland | 149 | 1:55,120 | 7,088 |
| Peru | 124 | 1:256,324 | 10,443 |
| France | 106 | 1:626,629 | 82,018 |
| Sweden | 86 | 1:114,497 | 8,198 |
| Argentina | 86 | 1:497,016 | 36,727 |
| England | 86 | 1:647,884 | 37,755 |
| Namibia | 76 | 1:31,703 | 4,804 |
| Thailand | 57 | 1:1,239,269 | 179,534 |
| Spain | 41 | 1:1,140,294 | 40,056 |
| Belgium | 27 | 1:425,802 | 43,971 |
| New Zealand | 26 | 1:174,166 | 18,836 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Luxembourg | 20 | 1:29,027 | 5,175 |
| Chile | 15 | 1:1,174,432 | 21,998 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Honduras | 12 | 1:734,704 | 4,016 |
| Paraguay | 10 | 1:723,675 | 8,089 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 9 | 1:12,264 | 1,665 |
| Austria | 8 | 1:1,064,429 | 75,134 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Ecuador | 4 | 1:3,976,462 | 28,589 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Panama | 4 | 1:978,064 | 12,245 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1:1,409,535 | 70,997 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 957 | 1:52,475 | 5,919 |
The alternate forms: Wiesé (2) are calculated separately.
Wiese (57) may also be a first name.
Wiese Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
“Meadow” in German.
(German) Dweller in, or near, a meadow.
User-submitted Reference
This surname translates from German as 'meadows'.
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Average Wiese Salary in
United States
$46,166 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wiese Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wiese Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wiese is most common in Germany. It can be rendered as a variant: Wiesé. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wiese? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 10,879th most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 141,237 people. Wiese occurs mostly in Europe, where 60 percent of Wiese live; 55 percent live in Western Europe and 55 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,308,380th most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 57 people.
The surname is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 28,047 people, or 1 in 2,870. In Germany Wiese is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 27 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 16 percent reside and Schleswig-Holstein, where 14 percent reside. Aside from Germany it is found in 74 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 25 percent reside and South Africa, where 9 percent reside.
Wiese Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wiese has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wiese surname grew 1,357 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 1,075 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wiese Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wiese last name 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.
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