Witten Surname
Approximately 6,022 people bear this surname
Witten Surname Definition:
(English) One who came from Witton (homestead by a village, or wood), the name of many places in England.
Witten Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,780 | 1:95,889 | 10,731 |
| Germany | 638 | 1:126,184 | 15,410 |
| South Africa | 455 | 1:119,072 | 14,155 |
| Netherlands | 268 | 1:63,012 | 10,837 |
| England | 245 | 1:227,421 | 18,997 |
| Australia | 244 | 1:110,638 | 12,326 |
| Canada | 146 | 1:252,367 | 23,920 |
| New Zealand | 65 | 1:69,667 | 10,483 |
| Denmark | 57 | 1:99,030 | 9,368 |
| Sweden | 33 | 1:298,387 | 20,789 |
| Israel | 16 | 1:534,852 | 39,210 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:669,227 | 23,443 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 138 | 1:176,633 | 14,719 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 614 | 1:81,789 | 8,584 |
Witten (54) may also be a first name.
Witten Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) One who came from Witton (homestead by a village, or wood), the name of many places in England.
Witten Demographics
Witten Political Affiliation
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Witten Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Witten Come From? nationality or country of origin
Witten (Arabic: يتين) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Witten click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Witten? popularity and diffusion
The last name Witten is the 80,805th most commonly held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 1,210,154 people. Witten occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 64 percent of Witten live; 64 percent live in North America and 64 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,350,955th most frequently occurring forename on earth It is held by 54 people.
The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 3,780 people, or 1 in 95,889. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 12 percent reside, California, where 9 percent reside and Kentucky, where 9 percent reside. Outside of The United States this surname occurs in 38 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 11 percent reside and South Africa, where 8 percent reside.
Witten Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Witten has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Witten surname expanded 616 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 178 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Witten Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States Witten are 17.46% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 64.23% registered with the political party.
The amount Witten earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 118.04% more than the national average, earning R 518,136 per year; in United States they earn 5.08% more than the national average, earning $45,339 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.13% more than the national average, earning $58,693 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Witten Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Witten in the Arabic language | ||
| يتين | ytyn | - |
| فيتن | fytn | - |
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Witten Reference & Research
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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
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- 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 Witten
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