Wingberg Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wingberg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wingberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany281:2,875,195137,699
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Wingberg Last Name Facts

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

Wingberg is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Wingberg.

How Common Is The Last Name Wingberg? popularity and diffusion

Wingberg is the 3,373,373rd most commonly occurring surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. The surname Wingberg is predominantly found in Europe, where 85 percent of Wingberg are found; 82 percent are found in Western Europe and 82 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Wingberg is most common in Germany, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 2,875,195. In Germany it is primarily found in: Lower Saxony, where 57 percent are found, Hamburg, where 25 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Germany Wingberg is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 9 percent are found and Chile, where 3 percent are found.

Wingberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wingberg has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wingberg last name contracted 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weingberg943/
Wängberg8893/
Wengberg8852/
Wingborg8831/
Wångberg8817/
Vingberg881/
Wingburg880/
Weingburg821/
Wågberg80185/
Vingborg75201/
Vengberg7527/
Wängborg7522/
Vängberg7513/
Vångberg7513/
Vågberg67161/
Vängborg6314/

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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 Wingberg
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