Wijhe Surname
Approximately 76 people bear this surname
Wijhe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 73 | 1:231,331 | 30,466 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Wijhe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wijhe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wijhe is found in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wijhe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,168,711th most widespread last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 95,888,762 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Wijhe are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name Wijhe is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is held by 73 people, or 1 in 231,331. In The Netherlands Wijhe is mostly concentrated in: Limburg, where 25 percent live, Gelderland, where 22 percent live and Overijssel, where 19 percent live. Besides The Netherlands this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 1 percent live and Malaysia, where 1 percent live.
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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
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