Witjens Surname
Approximately 102 people bear this surname
Witjens Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 91 | 1:185,573 | 26,340 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
Witjens Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Witjens Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Witjens is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Witjens.
How Common Is The Last Name Witjens? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,828,462nd most prevalent last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 71,446,529 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Witjens live; 91 percent live in Western Europe and 91 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most common in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 91 people, or 1 in 185,573. In The Netherlands it is most common in: South Holland, where 66 percent reside, Utrecht, where 15 percent reside and Overijssel, where 9 percent reside. Other than The Netherlands this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 6 percent reside and Belgium, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weitjens | 93 | 82 | / |
| Wijens | 92 | 0 | / |
| Weijtjens | 88 | 47 | / |
| Witzens | 86 | 63 | / |
| Weijens | 86 | 55 | / |
| Wetjens | 86 | 50 | / |
| Uitjens | 86 | 26 | / |
| Witgens | 86 | 19 | / |
| Weytjens | 80 | 574 | / |
| Wittgens | 80 | 177 | / |
| Weetjens | 80 | 75 | / |
| Wuytjens | 80 | 44 | / |
| Wejtjens | 80 | 1 | / |
| Whitsens | 80 | 0 | / |
| Witchens | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wigens | 77 | 92 | / |
| Uijens | 77 | 56 | / |
| Weijns | 77 | 41 | / |
| Wicens | 77 | 22 | / |
| Wijenz | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wizens | 77 | 0 | / |
| Wiggens | 71 | 192 | / |
| Vetjens | 71 | 53 | / |
| Huijens | 71 | 34 | / |
| Weigens | 71 | 10 | / |
| Wißgens | 71 | 6 | / |
| Widgens | 71 | 5 | / |
| Wisgens | 71 | 1 | / |
| Witgins | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wiesens | 71 | 1 | / |
| Widzens | 71 | 1 | / |
| Weyjens | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vestjens | 67 | 585 | / |
| Bitchens | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wissgens | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wiggenss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vietzens | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wisns | 67 | 0 | / |
| Weisense | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wiggiens | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Witjens
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