Willscheid Surname
Approximately 199 people bear this surname
Willscheid Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 194 | 1:414,977 | 37,848 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Willscheid Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Willscheid Come From? nationality or country of origin
Willscheid is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Willscheid? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,189,614th most widely held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 36,620,834 people. The last name Willscheid occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Willscheid reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 194 people, or 1 in 414,977. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 58 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 32 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 7 percent are found. Not including Germany this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Willscheid Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Willscheid has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Willscheid last name fell 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Willscheid
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