Wittchow Surname

945,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 277 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wittchow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wittchow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1551:519,39043,831
United States1081:3,356,101190,802
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

Wittchow Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wittchow is found most frequently in Germany. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wittchow? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 945,594th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 26,308,830 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 60 percent of Wittchow are found; 60 percent are found in Western Europe and 60 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 155 people, or 1 in 519,390. In Germany it is mostly found in: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 22 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 20 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 15 percent live. Besides Germany this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 39 percent live and Switzerland, where 4 percent live.

Wittchow Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wittchow surname are 15.73% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.5% being registered to vote for the party.

Wittchow earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 56.62% more than the national average, earning $67,582 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wittschow941/
Witchow934/
Wichow862/
Wischow80151/
Witchów805/
Wiechow802/
Withsow800/
Wittzow800/
Waitchouwe782/
Wittcoff7559/
Wichouwe751/
Vitchowa751/
Wishchow751/
Witchoff750/
Wishow714/
Wichob712/
Witsow711/
Wechow711/
Witcoff6732/
Wischof6723/
Wiechów6713/
Bischow675/
Bitshow674/
Wichoff672/
Wetshow671/
Whitzow671/
Waytchouwe671/
Viechow671/
Vischow670/
Wisthof670/

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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 Wittchow
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