Witjas Surname

2,293,424th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 69 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Witjas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Witjas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands391:433,00544,158
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
England61:9,286,343223,652
France11:66,422,722504,397
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Witjas Last Name Facts

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

The surname Witjas is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Witjas? popularity and diffusion

Witjas is the 2,293,424th most frequently used last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 68 percent of Witjas reside; 58 percent reside in Western Europe and 57 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 433,005. In The Netherlands Witjas is primarily concentrated in: North Holland, where 62 percent reside, South Holland, where 36 percent reside and Flevoland, where 3 percent reside. Besides The Netherlands this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 19 percent reside and Australia, where 12 percent reside.

Witjas Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Witjas surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered with the political party.

Witjas earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 282.4% more than the national average, earning $165,000 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wijas911,974/
Wijase8315/
Witias837/
Witsas832/
Whitcas7712/
Wijaish771/
Whitias770/
Whiteas770/
Vijas7358/
Wyjas737/
Uijas732/
Whiteash7172/
Whitehas711/
Vitsas67565/
Bitzas67231/
Whitehaus6731/
Bitias6724/
Vitias6713/
Wytias678/
Witiaz675/
Vityas674/
Wityaz672/
Vaijas672/
Vijash672/
Witcos671/
Vijays671/
Whiteheas671/
Wijoos671/
Wojcas671/
Wejasz671/
Wijacz671/
Whitehaes670/
Whitehais670/

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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 Witjas
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