Wittenhagen Surname

876,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 308 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Austria

Wittenhagen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wittenhagen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1541:2,353,629145,693
Germany1201:670,87952,024
Austria181:473,08046,251
Denmark91:627,19136,734
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Wittenhagen Last Name Facts

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

Wittenhagen occurs most in The United States. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wittenhagen? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wittenhagen is the 876,631st most frequently used last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 23,660,863 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 49 percent of Wittenhagen are found; 49 percent are found in North America and 49 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 154 people, or 1 in 2,353,629. In The United States Wittenhagen is most frequent in: South Dakota, where 18 percent are found, Louisiana, where 14 percent are found and Massachusetts, where 13 percent are found. Barring The United States this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 39 percent are found and Austria, where 6 percent are found.

Wittenhagen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wittenhagen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wittenhagen surname expanded 1,711 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wittenhagen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Wittenhagen are 18.45% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 65.22% being registered with the party.

Wittenhagen earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.32% more than the national average, earning $45,444 USD per year.

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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
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • 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 Wittenhagen
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