Witfer Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Poland

Witfer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Witfer Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
Poland81:4,751,094138,864

Witfer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Witfer is found most in Germany. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Witfer? popularity and diffusion

The surname Witfer is the 4,206,983rd most common last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Witfer reside; 64 percent reside in Western Europe and 64 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 5,750,390. In Germany it is most numerous in: Lower Saxony, where 79 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 7 percent live and Bavaria, where 7 percent live. Outside of Germany this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Poland, where 36 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whitfer920/
Whitferd860/
Waitferd860/
Wytfer832/
Whitfertt801/
Wetfier770/
Westfere7125/
Westferd711/
Whitfird710/
Wetfir6714/
Betfer671/
Bythfer621/
Westfair577/
Westphere530/
Bedfer5047/
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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 Witfer
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