Wittenberg Surname
Approximately 9,244 people bear this surname
Wittenberg Surname Definition:
(German) One who came from Wittenberg (white mountain), in Germany.
Wittenberg Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,915 | 1:92,582 | 10,401 |
| Germany | 2,757 | 1:29,200 | 3,850 |
| Netherlands | 984 | 1:17,162 | 2,665 |
| Canada | 375 | 1:98,255 | 10,681 |
| Israel | 302 | 1:28,337 | 4,092 |
| Suriname | 179 | 1:3,087 | 523 |
| Belgium | 120 | 1:95,805 | 14,735 |
| England | 100 | 1:557,181 | 34,216 |
| Australia | 65 | 1:415,318 | 33,226 |
| Poland | 52 | 1:730,937 | 60,459 |
| Sweden | 51 | 1:193,074 | 13,358 |
| France | 44 | 1:1,509,607 | 143,950 |
| Switzerland | 42 | 1:195,546 | 17,263 |
| South Africa | 38 | 1:1,425,729 | 75,291 |
| Norway | 35 | 1:146,922 | 18,432 |
| Chile | 28 | 1:629,160 | 15,000 |
| Denmark | 20 | 1:282,236 | 21,168 |
| French Polynesia | 18 | 1:15,600 | 3,086 |
| Croatia | 15 | 1:281,907 | 28,677 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Czechia | 12 | 1:886,122 | 73,425 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Argentina | 9 | 1:4,749,268 | 159,873 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Austria | 8 | 1:1,064,429 | 75,134 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 18 | 1:1,354,187 | 47,798 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 325 | 1:154,519 | 14,268 |
Wittenberg (22) may also be a first name.
Wittenberg Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) One who came from Wittenberg (white mountain), in Germany.
(from a place name) A town in Germany.
Wittenberg Demographics
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Wittenberg Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wittenberg Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wittenberg is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Wittenberg click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wittenberg? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 55,017th most frequently held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 788,354 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 48 percent of Wittenberg reside; 45 percent reside in North America and 45 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,301,746th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 22 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 3,915 people, or 1 in 92,582. In The United States it is mostly found in: California, where 13 percent are found, New York, where 8 percent are found and Illinois, where 7 percent are found. Barring The United States this surname occurs in 45 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 30 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 11 percent are found.
Wittenberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wittenberg has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wittenberg last name grew 1,205 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 556 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wittenberg Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Wittenberg surname are 3.47% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50.24% registered with the political party.
The amount Wittenberg earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 12.04% less than the national average, earning 304,395 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 5.73% less than the national average, earning R 224,016 per year; in United States they earn 19.01% more than the national average, earning $51,351 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.33% more than the national average, earning $55,312 CAD per year.
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