Wieser Surname
Approximately 24,098 people bear this surname
Wieser Surname User-submission:
This surname means 'owner of a meadow', from wiese in Old German.
Wieser Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 10,293 | 1:827 | 45 |
| Germany | 7,323 | 1:10,994 | 1,398 |
| United States | 2,534 | 1:143,038 | 14,824 |
| Italy | 1,739 | 1:35,168 | 6,312 |
| Switzerland | 887 | 1:9,259 | 1,511 |
| Netherlands | 191 | 1:88,415 | 14,631 |
| Canada | 190 | 1:193,924 | 19,047 |
| Brazil | 165 | 1:1,297,420 | 44,380 |
| France | 156 | 1:425,787 | 61,887 |
| Israel | 148 | 1:57,822 | 7,414 |
| Poland | 48 | 1:791,849 | 63,527 |
| Argentina | 39 | 1:1,095,985 | 66,746 |
| Australia | 36 | 1:749,881 | 48,970 |
| Hungary | 35 | 1:280,465 | 21,617 |
| Czechia | 33 | 1:322,226 | 40,051 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Sweden | 27 | 1:364,695 | 25,646 |
| Thailand | 24 | 1:2,943,264 | 289,518 |
| Croatia | 19 | 1:222,558 | 25,345 |
| Denmark | 18 | 1:313,595 | 22,770 |
| New Zealand | 14 | 1:323,452 | 26,435 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| Belgium | 12 | 1:958,054 | 73,966 |
| Norway | 10 | 1:514,229 | 41,629 |
| Liechtenstein | 9 | 1:4,264 | 487 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Slovenia | 6 | 1:414,612 | 18,975 |
| Iran | 6 | 1:12,797,087 | 199,837 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Slovakia | 4 | 1:1,334,112 | 94,300 |
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Faroe Islands | 1 | 1:48,998 | 2,049 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 206 | 1:243,780 | 20,311 |
Wieser (31) may also be a first name.
Wieser Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname means 'owner of a meadow', from wiese in Old German.
- Forebears.io Manual SubmissionsThe surname Wieser or Wiesner means 'owner of a meadow' in German.
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Wieser Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wieser Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wieser is held by more people in Austria than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wieser? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 22,543rd most prevalent surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 302,413 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 87 percent of Wieser are found; 78 percent are found in Western Europe and 77 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Wieser is also the 1,874,099th most frequent given name in the world. It is borne by 31 people.
The last name Wieser is most common in Austria, where it is borne by 10,293 people, or 1 in 827. In Austria Wieser is primarily concentrated in: Lower Austria, where 19 percent are found, Styria, where 18 percent are found and Tyrol, where 15 percent are found. Besides Austria this last name occurs in 67 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 30 percent are found and The United States, where 11 percent are found.
Wieser Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wieser has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wieser surname rose 1,230 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 175 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wieser Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Wieser are 23.69% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 70.46% registered with the political party.
The amount Wieser earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 16.62% more than the national average, earning 403,587 kr per year; in Peru they earn 308.88% more than the national average, earning S/. 79,261 per year; in United States they earn 11.79% more than the national average, earning $48,236 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.72% more than the national average, earning $58,984 CAD per year.
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