Wildow Surname

2,255,512th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 71 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Sweden

Wildow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wildow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany321:2,515,796126,826
United States321:11,326,842445,236
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Wildow Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wildow is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wildow? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,255,512th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 102,641,492 people. The surname Wildow is primarily found in Europe, where 55 percent of Wildow live; 45 percent live in North America and 45 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most widespread in Germany, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 2,515,796. In Germany Wildow is most prevalent in: Brandenburg, where 97 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 3 percent live. Barring Germany this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 45 percent live and Sweden, where 8 percent live.

Wildow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wildow has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wildow surname grew 800 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wildow Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wildow surname are 30.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 83.33% registered to vote for the political party.

Wildow earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 10.26% more than the national average, earning $47,575 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weldow838/
Wildaw831/
Wildova7714/
Wildophe712/
Weldouwe711/
Weldaw676/
Vildov675/
Bildov673/
Vildova6211/
Bildoff621/
Bildhoff5724/
Wldab551/
Welldhoff531/
Veldof5026/
Veldov502/

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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 Wildow
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