Wittersheim Surname

436,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 787 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
France

Wittersheim Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wittersheim Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3191:252,36827,308
France3071:216,36133,623
United States1261:2,876,658169,773
Chile251:704,65916,160
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Wittersheim Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wittersheim is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wittersheim? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wittersheim is the 436,213th most common last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,259,906 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 80 percent of Wittersheim live; 80 percent live in Western Europe and 41 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most widespread in Germany, where it is borne by 319 people, or 1 in 252,368. In Germany Wittersheim is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 56 percent are found, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 21 percent are found and Hesse, where 16 percent are found. Apart from Germany this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also common in France, where 39 percent are found and The United States, where 16 percent are found.

Wittersheim Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wittersheim has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wittersheim surname increased 12,600 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wittersheim Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Wittersheim are 4.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 51.43% being registered with the political party.

Wittersheim earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 15.23% more than the national average, earning $49,721 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 Wittersheim
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