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Where Does The Last Name Wiest Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Wiest is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wiest? ^{popularity and diffusion}

Wiest is the 45,509^th most commonly used surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 639,146 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 47 percent of Wiest reside; 47 percent reside in Western Europe and 44 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,159,357^th most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 13 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 5,007 people, or 1 in 72,390. In The United States Wiest is most frequent in: Nevada, where 6 percent reside, Texas, where 5 percent reside and Michigan, where 4 percent reside. Other than The United States Wiest is found in 34 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 43 percent reside and Brazil, where 6 percent reside.

Wiest Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Wiest has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wiest surname grew 952 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wiest Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Wiest last name are 18.75% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 65.52% registered with the political party.

The amount Wiest earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 22.03% more than the national average, earning 422,325 kr per year; in Colombia they earn 51.3% more than the national average, earning $34,349,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 4.85% more than the national average, earning $45,241 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.24% less than the national average, earning $48,072 CAD per year.