Witthaus Surname

407,382nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 859 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Witthaus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Witthaus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3791:212,41524,030
United States3761:963,98771,704
South Africa211:2,579,891103,459
Australia181:1,499,76175,721
Switzerland171:483,11334,678
Denmark131:434,20928,556
Argentina121:3,561,951138,643
Spain121:3,896,00372,236
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
England11:55,718,059489,080
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States531:947,52256,651

Witthaus Last Name Facts

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

Witthaus is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Witthaus? popularity and diffusion

Witthaus is the 407,382nd most frequently used family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,483,755 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 49 percent of Witthaus live; 46 percent live in Western Europe and 46 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 379 people, or 1 in 212,415. In Germany it is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 74 percent live, Hamburg, where 14 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Germany Witthaus is found in 13 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 44 percent live and South Africa, where 2 percent live.

Witthaus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Witthaus has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Witthaus last name expanded 709 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Witthaus Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Witthaus last name are 16.87% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 63.64% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Witthaus earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 152.85% more than the national average, earning R 600,876 per year and in United States they earn 17.38% more than the national average, earning $50,648 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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  • 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 Witthaus
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