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

Wittersheim has its highest incidence in Germany. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wittersheim? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 436,213th most widely held family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,259,906 people. This surname occurs predominantly 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 prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 319 people, or 1 in 252,368. In Germany Wittersheim is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 56 percent are found, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 21 percent are found and Hesse, where 16 percent are found. Beside Germany it is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in France, where 39 percent are found and The United States, where 16 percent are found.

Wittersheim Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wittersheim has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wittersheim last name expanded 12,600 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wittersheim Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wittersheim surname are 4.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 51.43% being registered to vote for 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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