Wijfje Surname
Approximately 124 people bear this surname
Wijfje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 119 | 1:141,909 | 21,612 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
Wijfje (221) may also be a first name.
Wijfje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wijfje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wijfje is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wijfje? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,620,164th most common family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 58,770,532 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Wijfje reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Wijfje is also the 606,684th most frequently occurring given name throughout the world. It is borne by 221 people.
This surname is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 119 people, or 1 in 141,909. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: South Holland, where 89 percent are found, Drenthe, where 5 percent are found and North Brabant, where 4 percent are found. Excluding The Netherlands it exists in one country. It also occurs in Germany, where 4 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Wijfje
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