Wissemann Surname

637,196th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 478 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wissemann Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wissemann Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2741:293,81630,374
United States1111:3,265,396186,924
Australia761:355,20729,862
Austria91:946,15970,786
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Wissemann Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wissemann is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wissemann? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wissemann is the 637,196th most frequently used surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 15,245,912 people. The last name Wissemann occurs predominantly in Europe, where 59 percent of Wissemann live; 59 percent live in Western Europe and 59 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Wissemann is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 274 people, or 1 in 293,816. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Hesse, where 66 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 18 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 9 percent are found. Not including Germany it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 23 percent are found and Australia, where 16 percent are found.

Wissemann Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wissemann has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wissemann last name expanded 2,220 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wissemann Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Wissemann are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 66.67% being registered with the political party.

Wissemann earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 46.54% more than the national average, earning $63,229 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 Wissemann
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