Wittenberg Surname

55,017th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,244 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Suriname

Wittenberg Surname Definition:

(German) One who came from Wittenberg (white mountain), in Germany.

Wittenberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,9151:92,58210,401
Germany2,7571:29,2003,850
Netherlands9841:17,1622,665
Canada3751:98,25510,681
Israel3021:28,3374,092
Suriname1791:3,087523
Belgium1201:95,80514,735
England1001:557,18134,216
Australia651:415,31833,226
Poland521:730,93760,459
Sweden511:193,07413,358
France441:1,509,607143,950
Switzerland421:195,54617,263
South Africa381:1,425,72975,291
Norway351:146,92218,432
Chile281:629,16015,000
Denmark201:282,23621,168
French Polynesia181:15,6003,086
Croatia151:281,90728,677
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
Czechia121:886,12273,425
Spain101:4,675,20478,608
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
Argentina91:4,749,268159,873
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
Austria81:1,064,42975,134
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Kazakhstan41:4,420,624134,293
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England181:1,354,18747,798
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3251:154,51914,268

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.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

(from a place name) A town in Germany.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Wittenberg Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wittenberg occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Wittenberg click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wittenberg? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 55,017th most common family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 788,354 people. The last name Wittenberg 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. Wittenberg is also the 2,301,746th most commonly used given name on earth, held by 22 people.

Wittenberg is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 3,915 people, or 1 in 92,582. In The United States Wittenberg is mostly found in: California, where 13 percent are found, New York, where 8 percent are found and Illinois, where 7 percent are found. Apart from The United States this last name exists in 45 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 30 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 11 percent are found.

Wittenberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wittenberg has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 1,205 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 556 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wittenberg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wittenberg last name are 3.47% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50.24% being registered with the 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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