Wiesen Surname
Approximately 3,622 people bear this surname
Wiesen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,688 | 1:47,693 | 6,248 |
| United States | 1,368 | 1:264,955 | 24,955 |
| France | 163 | 1:407,501 | 59,752 |
| Belgium | 125 | 1:91,973 | 14,233 |
| Israel | 124 | 1:69,013 | 8,556 |
| Luxembourg | 66 | 1:8,796 | 1,392 |
| Netherlands | 26 | 1:649,507 | 53,972 |
| Canada | 16 | 1:2,302,849 | 139,666 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 15 | 1:1,625,025 | 53,310 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 82 | 1:612,423 | 40,920 |
The alternate forms: Wieseń (39) are calculated separately.
Wiesen (11) may also be a first name.
Wiesen Demographics
Average Wiesen Salary in
United States
$46,184 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wiesen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wiesen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wiesen is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Wieseń. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wiesen? popularity and diffusion
Wiesen is the 125,633rd most widely held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 2,012,023 people. The surname Wiesen is primarily found in Europe, where 58 percent of Wiesen reside; 57 percent reside in Western Europe and 49 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Wiesen is also the 3,487,849th most prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 11 people.
The last name is most widespread in Germany, where it is carried by 1,688 people, or 1 in 47,693. In Germany it is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 44 percent reside, Saarland, where 27 percent reside and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany Wiesen is found in 21 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 38 percent reside and France, where 5 percent reside.
Wiesen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wiesen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wiesen surname increased 1,668 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wiesen Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wiesen surname are 36.34% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 89.57% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Wiesen earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 7.03% more than the national average, earning $46,184 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.35% more than the national average, earning $49,858 CAD per year.
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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 Wiesen
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