Witlinger Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Witlinger Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Witlinger Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Witlinger Last Name Facts

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

The surname Witlinger is more frequently found in Poland than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Witlinger click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Witlinger? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,117,718th most commonly held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Witlinger occurs predominantly in Europe, where 71 percent of Witlinger live; 57 percent live in Eastern Europe and 57 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

The last name Witlinger is most frequently occurring in Poland, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 9,502,187. Apart from Poland this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 29 percent live and Germany, where 14 percent live.

Witlinger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Witlinger has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Witlinger last name declined 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Witlinger
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