Wittmer Surname

85,760th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,622 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Wittmer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wittmer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,2841:158,69516,185
Germany1,8351:43,8725,758
France6741:98,55014,421
Switzerland4811:17,0752,804
Hungary551:178,47815,519
Austria491:173,78422,520
Ecuador491:324,6099,222
Argentina391:1,095,98566,746
Netherlands291:582,31651,332
Australia271:999,84158,390
Brazil171:12,592,608246,358
Canada171:2,167,388133,872
Thailand131:5,433,719375,884
Spain101:4,675,20478,608
Madagascar91:2,627,7603,802
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
England11:55,718,059489,080
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3001:167,39615,152

Wittmer (12) may also be a first name.

Wittmer Last Name Facts

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

Wittmer is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wittmer? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 85,760th most frequently held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 1,296,255 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 56 percent of Wittmer are found; 54 percent are found in Western Europe and 42 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Wittmer is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 12 people.

This surname is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 2,284 people, or 1 in 158,695. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Indiana, where 18 percent are found, Ohio, where 8 percent are found and Pennsylvania, where 7 percent are found. Beside The United States this surname is found in 32 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 33 percent are found and France, where 12 percent are found.

Wittmer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wittmer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wittmer last name rose 761 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wittmer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wittmer surname are 19.82% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.59% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Wittmer earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 17.95% less than the national average, earning R 194,976 per year; in United States they earn 0.89% less than the national average, earning $42,763 USD per year and in Canada they earn 29.71% more than the national average, earning $64,443 CAD 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 Wittmer
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