Wittendorff Surname

945,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 277 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Denmark
Highest density in:
Denmark

Wittendorff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wittendorff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Denmark2711:20,8292,090
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wittendorff Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wittendorff is more frequently found in Denmark than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of Wittendorff click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wittendorff? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wittendorff is the 945,594th most widespread family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,308,830 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Wittendorff reside; 99 percent reside in Northern Europe and 99 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The last name is most frequently held in Denmark, where it is held by 271 people, or 1 in 20,829. In Denmark Wittendorff is most frequent in: Capital Region of Denmark, where 26 percent live, Central Denmark Region, where 25 percent live and Region of Southern Denmark, where 24 percent live. Outside of Denmark this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 0 percent live and Greenland, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • 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 Wittendorff
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis