Willenburg Surname

1,073,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 231 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
South Africa

Willenburg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Willenburg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1651:2,196,721138,143
South Africa601:902,96258,308
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States571:881,03053,642

Willenburg Last Name Facts

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

The surname Willenburg is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Willenburg? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,073,555th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 31,547,818 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 73 percent of Willenburg live; 73 percent live in North America and 73 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Willenburg is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 165 people, or 1 in 2,196,721. In The United States Willenburg is most numerous in: Missouri, where 21 percent are found, Minnesota, where 16 percent are found and California, where 10 percent are found. Not including The United States Willenburg exists in 4 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 26 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

Willenburg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Willenburg has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 289 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Willenburg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Willenburg surname are 50.11% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 96.88% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Willenburg earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 4.52% more than the national average, earning R 248,376 per year and in United States they earn 2.99% more than the national average, earning $44,439 USD 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 Willenburg
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