Wildeman Surname

112,939th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,099 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Wildeman Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wildeman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,2191:44,4445,678
Netherlands1,1951:14,1322,107
United States7711:470,11539,981
Canada6111:60,3047,103
England871:640,43737,483
Poland751:506,78349,442
Israel391:219,42720,804
Suriname261:21,2544,689
Belgium231:499,85448,667
Argentina191:2,249,653107,269
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
France21:33,211,361423,184
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States711:707,30545,577

Wildeman (288) may also be a first name.

Wildeman Last Name Facts

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

Wildeman is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wildeman? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 112,939th most frequently occurring surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,777,884 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 35 percent of Wildeman live; 34 percent live in North America and 34 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 520,883rd most frequently used first name globally. It is borne by 288 people.

The last name is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,219 people, or 1 in 44,444. In South Africa Wildeman is mostly concentrated in: Western Cape, where 73 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 18 percent live and Gauteng, where 5 percent live. Not including South Africa this last name occurs in 23 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 29 percent live and The United States, where 19 percent live.

Wildeman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wildeman has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wildeman last name rose 1,086 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 725 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wildeman Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Wildeman are 36.68% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 83.45% registered with the political party.

The amount Wildeman earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 41.44% less than the national average, earning R 139,152 per year; in United States they earn 1.33% more than the national average, earning $43,725 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.51% less than the national average, earning $48,436 CAD per year.

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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 Wildeman
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