Wijker Surname
Approximately 790 people bear this surname
Wijker Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 755 | 1:22,367 | 3,580 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Wijker Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wijker Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wijker is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wijker? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wijker is the 434,913th most commonly used surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 9,224,742 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Wijker are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 755 people, or 1 in 22,367. In The Netherlands Wijker is primarily concentrated in: North Holland, where 72 percent live, South Holland, where 14 percent live and Utrecht, where 4 percent live. Aside from The Netherlands this surname exists in 17 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 1 percent live and South Africa, 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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