Wittern Surname

504,985th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 650 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wittern Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wittern Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5081:158,47518,883
United States1301:2,788,146165,890
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Wittern Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wittern occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wittern? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wittern is the 504,985th most frequent surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 11,211,609 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 78 percent of Wittern reside; 78 percent reside in Western Europe and 78 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 508 people, or 1 in 158,475. In Germany Wittern is mostly found in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 69 percent live, Hamburg, where 19 percent live and Berlin, where 3 percent live. Apart from Germany Wittern is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.

Wittern Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wittern has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 3,250 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wittern Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wittern last name are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the party.

Wittern earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.83% more than the national average, earning $43,940 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
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  • 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 Wittern
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