Wildfang Surname

528,890th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 612 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Denmark

Wildfang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wildfang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3731:215,83224,348
United States1061:3,419,424193,489
Denmark621:91,0448,699
Canada611:604,02649,778
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States251:2,008,747100,426

Wildfang (12) may also be a first name.

Wildfang Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wildfang occurs most in Germany. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wildfang? popularity and diffusion

It is the 528,890th most frequently occurring family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 11,907,755 people. The surname Wildfang is mostly found in Europe, where 73 percent of Wildfang reside; 61 percent reside in Western Europe and 61 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Wildfang is also the 3,306,491st most prevalent given name on earth, held by 12 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 373 people, or 1 in 215,832. In Germany Wildfang is primarily found in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 56 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 17 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 11 percent reside. Beside Germany this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 17 percent reside and Denmark, where 10 percent reside.

Wildfang Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wildfang has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wildfang last name increased 424 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wildfang Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wildfang surname are 2.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 56% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Wildfang earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 24.18% less than the national average, earning $32,715 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.76% more than the national average, earning $52,543 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wiltfang88640/
Wildfong88629/
Vildfang8814/
Wildvang8810/
Wailtfang821/
Wiltfong75644/
Wildvank75170/
Wlddfong751/
Wiltvank6382/
Wildvonk631/
Waeladeevong504/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Wildfang
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