Wiesmeyer Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Wiesmeyer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wiesmeyer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria181:473,08046,251
Hungary81:1,227,03553,030
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
France21:33,211,361423,184
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Wiesmeyer Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wiesmeyer Come From? nationality or country of origin

Wiesmeyer has its highest incidence in Austria. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wiesmeyer? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,776,799th most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. Wiesmeyer occurs mostly in Europe, where 71 percent of Wiesmeyer are found; 55 percent are found in Western Europe and 51 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most numerous in Austria, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 473,080. In Austria it is most prevalent in: Upper Austria, where 83 percent live, Lower Austria, where 11 percent live and Salzburg, where 6 percent live. Excluding Austria this surname is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Hungary, where 16 percent live and South Africa, where 12 percent live.

Wiesmeyer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wiesmeyer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wiesmeyer last name grew 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Wiesmeyer
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