Wiesel Surname
Approximately 2,720 people bear this surname
Wiesel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,607 | 1:50,097 | 6,536 |
| United States | 523 | 1:693,038 | 54,910 |
| Brazil | 131 | 1:1,634,155 | 53,881 |
| Israel | 120 | 1:71,314 | 8,782 |
| Sweden | 75 | 1:131,290 | 9,286 |
| Canada | 55 | 1:669,920 | 54,285 |
| South Africa | 38 | 1:1,425,729 | 75,291 |
| France | 35 | 1:1,897,792 | 163,564 |
| Switzerland | 30 | 1:273,764 | 22,252 |
| Denmark | 29 | 1:194,645 | 16,083 |
| Austria | 25 | 1:340,617 | 36,996 |
| Australia | 16 | 1:1,687,231 | 81,699 |
| Venezuela | 9 | 1:3,356,009 | 33,931 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 41 | 1:1,224,846 | 68,768 |
Wiesel (11) may also be a first name.
Wiesel Demographics
Average Wiesel Salary in
United States
$54,101 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wiesel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wiesel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wiesel (Arabic: ليزل) occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wiesel? popularity and diffusion
Wiesel is the 160,324th most common family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 2,679,245 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 67 percent of Wiesel reside; 62 percent reside in Western Europe and 60 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently used forename worldwide, held by 11 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 1,607 people, or 1 in 50,097. In Germany Wiesel is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 41 percent reside, Bavaria, where 14 percent reside and Thuringia, where 11 percent reside. Beside Germany Wiesel occurs in 29 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 19 percent reside and Brazil, where 5 percent reside.
Wiesel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wiesel has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wiesel last name grew 1,276 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wiesel Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wiesel surname are 16.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 70% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Wiesel earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 79.67% less than the national average, earning R 48,300 per year; in United States they earn 25.38% more than the national average, earning $54,101 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.09% more than the national average, earning $58,672 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wiesel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wiesel in the Arabic language | ||
| ليزل | lyzl | - |
| يزل | yzl | - |
| ويسل | wysl | - |
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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
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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 Wiesel
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