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
Average Male Wittenberg Height
176.56 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Wittenberg Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wittenberg Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wittenberg is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wittenberg? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wittenberg is the 55,017th most commonly held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 788,354 people. This last name is mostly found 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 frequent forename at a global level. It is borne by 22 people.
The surname Wittenberg is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 3,915 people, or 1 in 92,582. In The United States Wittenberg is most frequent in: California, where 13 percent are found, New York, where 8 percent are found and Illinois, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this last name exists in 45 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 30 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 11 percent are found.
Wittenberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wittenberg has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wittenberg last name increased 1,205 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 556 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wittenberg Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wittenberg surname are 3.47% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50.24% registered to vote for 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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