Witlam Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Israel

Witlam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Witlam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands421:402,07642,431
Israel301:285,25425,178
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England131:1,875,02858,113

Witlam Last Name Facts

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

The last name Witlam is found in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Witlam? popularity and diffusion

The last name Witlam is the 2,075,631st most commonly occurring last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 52 percent of Witlam live; 52 percent live in Western Europe and 52 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Witlam is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 402,076. In The Netherlands it is most common in: South Holland, where 38 percent reside, North Holland, where 36 percent reside and Utrecht, where 21 percent reside. Barring The Netherlands this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 37 percent reside and The United States, where 11 percent reside.

Witlam Last Name Statistics demography

Witlam earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 34.64% more than the national average, earning $58,094 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whitlam92863/
Witliam922/
Withlam922/
Wittlam921/
Whittlam8614/
Bitlam8338/
Vitlam8313/
Whitlan774/
Wittlan772/
Whitlom771/
Wistlom770/
Wittland71575/
Waitland7134/
Witlandt715/
Wistland711/
Whetlham711/
Whitlain710/
Bitlan67513/
Weitlandt6735/
Betlam6711/
Weidtland673/
Wittlandt671/
Witlon671/
Vutlam671/
Whitlandt670/

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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 Witlam
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