Wijmenga Surname
Approximately 366 people bear this surname
Wijmenga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 342 | 1:49,378 | 8,451 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wijmenga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wijmenga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wijmenga is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wijmenga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wijmenga is the 775,315th most prevalent last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 19,911,328 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Wijmenga are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most common in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 342 people, or 1 in 49,378. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: Friesland, where 51 percent live, North Holland, where 14 percent live and Drenthe, where 6 percent live. Excluding The Netherlands it exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 2 percent live and Sweden, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wimenga | 93 | 5 | / |
| Wijminga | 88 | 13 | / |
| Wimmenga | 88 | 13 | / |
| Wymenga | 80 | 162 | / |
| Wemenga | 80 | 106 | / |
| Wiminga | 80 | 73 | / |
| Wuimega | 80 | 8 | / |
| Weimega | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wemmenga | 75 | 106 | / |
| Baimenga | 75 | 34 | / |
| Wimminga | 75 | 28 | / |
| Wemeinga | 75 | 1 | / |
| Viemenga | 75 | 0 | / |
| Bimena | 71 | 94 | / |
| Wimina | 71 | 64 | / |
| Wemena | 71 | 4 | / |
| Biyamenga | 71 | 4 | / |
| Vimena | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vimnga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Weminga | 67 | 55 | / |
| Wyminga | 67 | 16 | / |
| Vhimnga | 67 | 4 | / |
| Woumnga | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bimengo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boimnga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wimigna | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wememga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vimengi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weimina | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wijmenga
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