Witmer Surname

57,646th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,782 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Witmer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Witmer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,9741:45,4555,543
Canada3511:104,97311,323
Netherlands2311:73,10512,407
Switzerland781:105,29411,128
Germany501:1,610,10995,088
France391:1,703,147154,208
Ecuador171:935,63814,108
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
England51:11,143,612252,590
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,7451:28,7793,512

Witmer (193) may also be a first name.

Witmer Last Name Facts

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

The surname Witmer has its highest incidence in The United States. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Witmer? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 57,646th most commonly held surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 829,828 people. The surname Witmer occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 93 percent of Witmer live; 93 percent live in North America and 93 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 653,740th most prevalent forename at a global level. It is borne by 193 people.

The surname Witmer is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 7,974 people, or 1 in 45,455. In The United States Witmer is most prevalent in: Pennsylvania, where 42 percent live, Maryland, where 6 percent live and Ohio, where 5 percent live. Barring The United States Witmer occurs in 25 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 4 percent live and The Netherlands, where 3 percent live.

Witmer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Witmer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Witmer last name rose 457 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 125 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Witmer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Witmer surname are 33.36% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 80.13% being registered with the political party.

The amount Witmer earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 1.32% less than the national average, earning $42,580 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.85% more than the national average, earning $58,549 CAD per year.

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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 Witmer
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