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 last name Wijker is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wijker? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 434,913th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,224,742 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Wijker reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 755 people, or 1 in 22,367. In The Netherlands it is most common in: North Holland, where 72 percent are found, South Holland, where 14 percent are found and Utrecht, where 4 percent are found. Apart from The Netherlands this last name occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 1 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 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
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
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