Witthöft Surname
Approximately 993 people bear this surname
Witthöft Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 897 | 1:89,750 | 11,296 |
| South Africa | 73 | 1:742,160 | 51,964 |
| Austria | 14 | 1:608,245 | 54,975 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Witthoft (645) are calculated separately.
Witthöft Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Witthöft Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Witthöft is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Witthoft. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Witthöft? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 363,673rd most commonly used family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 7,338,918 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Witthöft reside; 92 percent reside in Western Europe and 92 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 897 people, or 1 in 89,750. In Germany it is primarily found in: Lower Saxony, where 41 percent are found, Hamburg, where 26 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 20 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 7 percent are found and Austria, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Witthoft | 96 | 645 | / |
| Witthöfft | 94 | 8 | / |
| Withöft | 93 | 99 | / |
| Wittheft | 88 | 2 | / |
| Witthaft | 88 | 0 | / |
| Witthoeft | 82 | 326 | / |
| Whitthoft | 82 | 8 | / |
| Witthofft | 82 | 3 | / |
| Wiethöfft | 82 | 1 | / |
| Withoft | 80 | 83 | / |
| Witheft | 80 | 37 | / |
| Wittoft | 80 | 10 | / |
| Withaft | 80 | 9 | / |
| Withövt | 80 | 1 | / |
| Witthoefft | 78 | 95 | / |
| Withoeft | 75 | 255 | / |
| Whitteft | 75 | 2 | / |
| Vitthoft | 75 | 0 | / |
| Withafft | 75 | 0 | / |
| Whitthoefft | 74 | 2 | / |
| Witoft | 71 | 4 | / |
| Wittoefft | 71 | 1 | / |
| Whithofft | 71 | 0 | / |
| Wetthofft | 71 | 0 | / |
| Vithoft | 67 | 31 | / |
| Weitoft | 67 | 17 | / |
| Witoeft | 67 | 1 | / |
| Widtoft | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vetthofft | 59 | 0 | / |
| Vitoft | 57 | 64 | / |
| Wetoft | 57 | 6 | / |
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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 Witthöft
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