Wittorf Surname

566,665th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 558 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wittorf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wittorf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3961:203,29723,268
United States1131:3,207,601184,423
Switzerland251:328,51725,592
Denmark101:564,47234,222
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Wittorf Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wittorf occurs most in Germany. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wittorf? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 566,665th most commonly held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 13,060,118 people. The last name Wittorf occurs mostly in Europe, where 79 percent of Wittorf live; 76 percent live in Western Europe and 76 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 396 people, or 1 in 203,297. In Germany it is most numerous in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 66 percent live, Hamburg, where 14 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 7 percent live. Aside from Germany Wittorf exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 20 percent live and Switzerland, where 4 percent live.

Wittorf Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wittorf has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wittorf surname rose 3,767 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wittorf Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wittorf surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the party.

Wittorf earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 37.42% more than the national average, earning $59,297 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wittorff93312/
Bittorf861,144/
Wistorf8658/
Withorf860/
Weistorf801/
Bitorf774/
Bettorf7186/
Witherf711/
Vettorf711/
Westorff675/
Wesstorf670/
Vistorff670/
Weithorw670/
Whiteurft631/
Witarw623/
Vitorb621/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Wittorf
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