Wilbers Surname

141,540th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,148 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Wilbers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wilbers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1,0981:15,3802,321
Germany9831:81,89810,342
United States6311:574,42047,094
South Africa2671:202,91321,677
Belgium951:121,01717,762
Australia281:964,13257,058
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Norway91:571,36544,190
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
China21:683,660,78330,601
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States561:896,76254,350

Wilbers (10) may also be a first name.

Wilbers Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wilbers Come From? nationality or country of origin

Wilbers is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Wilbers click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wilbers? popularity and diffusion

It is the 141,540th most widespread last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 2,314,976 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 70 percent of Wilbers reside; 69 percent reside in Western Europe and 69 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Wilbers is also the 3,684,242nd most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 10 people.

This surname is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 1,098 people, or 1 in 15,380. In The Netherlands Wilbers is most frequent in: North Brabant, where 36 percent are found, Limburg, where 25 percent are found and Overijssel, where 10 percent are found. Beside The Netherlands this last name is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 31 percent are found and The United States, where 20 percent are found.

Wilbers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wilbers has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wilbers surname increased 1,127 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wilbers Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wilbers surname are 6.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 60% being registered with the party.

The amount Wilbers earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 34.73% less than the national average, earning 225,890 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 91.87% more than the national average, earning R 455,952 per year and in United States they earn 2.9% less than the national average, earning $41,899 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Willbers930/
Welbers861,032/
Wälbers8690/
Wülbers8650/
Wilbors8612/
Vilbers862/
Bilbers860/
Wilberstdt822/
Wilbersche820/
Waelbers80205/
Woelbers801/
Welber's800/
Willbirsh750/

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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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wilbers
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