Wilters Surname

851,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 321 people bear this surname

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

Wilters Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wilters Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2661:203,67621,747
United States231:15,759,084542,937
Germany221:3,659,339158,771
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
England31:18,572,686338,250
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States211:2,391,366115,093

Wilters Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wilters occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wilters? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 851,613th most commonly used family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 22,702,635 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Wilters reside; 83 percent reside in Southern Africa and 83 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 266 people, or 1 in 203,676. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Gauteng, where 43 percent live, Western Cape, where 17 percent live and North West, where 13 percent live. Other than South Africa it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 7 percent live and Germany, where 7 percent live.

Wilters Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wilters has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wilters surname expanded 110 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 150 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wilters Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wilters surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.67% being registered with the party.

The amount Wilters earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 38.72% more than the national average, earning R 329,652 per year and in United States they earn 38.88% more than the national average, earning $59,927 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wilthers9314/
Wlters922/
Welters862,320/
Vilters86184/
Wleters863/
Wwlters861/
Whlters861/
Wealters802/
Welthers801/
Wealthers751/
Bülters7127/
Velters712/

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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 Wilters
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