Witting Surname
Approximately 4,181 people bear this surname
Witting Surname Definition:
(English) the A. - Sax. pers. name Wit(t)ing = Wit(t)a’s Son [v. Witt; and + the Old English son suff. -ing]
Witting Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,651 | 1:48,762 | 6,368 |
| United States | 744 | 1:487,176 | 41,154 |
| Austria | 414 | 1:20,569 | 3,200 |
| Netherlands | 297 | 1:56,859 | 9,787 |
| Peru | 207 | 1:153,546 | 8,052 |
| England | 153 | 1:364,170 | 25,923 |
| Denmark | 141 | 1:40,033 | 4,180 |
| Sweden | 105 | 1:93,779 | 6,818 |
| Finland | 102 | 1:53,889 | 6,425 |
| Argentina | 76 | 1:562,413 | 40,543 |
| Australia | 60 | 1:449,928 | 35,109 |
| Poland | 49 | 1:775,689 | 62,719 |
| South Africa | 37 | 1:1,464,262 | 76,407 |
| Belgium | 27 | 1:425,802 | 43,971 |
| Indonesia | 22 | 1:6,011,327 | 267,290 |
| Chile | 22 | 1:800,749 | 17,445 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| Norway | 9 | 1:571,365 | 44,190 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Mexico | 7 | 1:17,732,315 | 50,495 |
| Colombia | 7 | 1:6,824,867 | 22,056 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1:1,509,441 | 47,971 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 60 | 1:406,256 | 24,311 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 95 | 1:528,618 | 36,719 |
Witting (86) may also be a first name.
Witting Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) the A. - Sax. pers. name Wit(t)ing = Wit(t)a’s Son [v. Witt; and + the Old English son suff. -ing]
Witting Demographics
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Witting Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Witting Come From? nationality or country of origin
Witting occurs most in Germany. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Witting? popularity and diffusion
The surname Witting is the 111,123rd most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,743,015 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 71 percent of Witting reside; 57 percent reside in Western Europe and 57 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Witting is also the 1,032,266th most common first name world-wide, borne by 86 people.
The last name Witting is most commonly used in Germany, where it is held by 1,651 people, or 1 in 48,762. In Germany it is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 38 percent are found, Bavaria, where 16 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 14 percent are found. Beside Germany Witting occurs in 33 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 18 percent are found and Austria, where 10 percent are found.
Witting Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Witting has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Witting surname expanded 783 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 255 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Witting Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Witting last name are 8.45% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55.22% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Witting earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 72.24% more than the national average, earning 596,086 kr per year; in Peru they earn 0.28% more than the national average, earning S/. 19,440 per year; in South Africa they earn 25.17% less than the national average, earning R 177,828 per year; in Colombia they earn 26.8% less than the national average, earning $16,619,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 2.52% more than the national average, earning $44,235 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.8% more than the national average, earning $56,043 CAD per year.
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