Wittekind Surname

385,671st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 921 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Germany

Wittekind Surname Definition:

WHITEKIND: The name of one of the principal chiefs of the Saxons in their war against Charlemagne. Some render it "white child;" but it was originally written Witikindus, which would translate, "very celebrated or known." We have still a Wittekind.

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Wittekind Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6191:585,55647,866
Germany2451:328,59432,651
England231:2,422,52489,093
Denmark171:332,04223,714
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States611:823,25750,999

Wittekind Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

WHITEKIND: The name of one of the principal chiefs of the Saxons in their war against Charlemagne. Some render it "white child;" but it was originally written Witikindus, which would translate, "very celebrated or known." We have still a Wittekind.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Wittekind Last Name Facts

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

Wittekind occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wittekind? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wittekind is the 385,671st most frequently held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 7,912,645 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 58 percent of Wittekind are found; 58 percent are found in North America and 58 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 619 people, or 1 in 585,556. In The United States Wittekind is primarily found in: Ohio, where 29 percent are found, New York, where 8 percent are found and Arizona, where 8 percent are found. Aside from The United States Wittekind exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 27 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.

Wittekind Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wittekind has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 1,015 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 575 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wittekind Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wittekind last name are 9.18% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.95% registered with the party.

Wittekind earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.01% less than the national average, earning $41,418 USD per year.

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