Wißmann Surname
Approximately 2,549 people bear this surname
Wißmann Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2,539 | 1:31,708 | 4,169 |
| Austria | 8 | 1:1,064,429 | 75,134 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 31 | 1:1,619,958 | 85,073 |
Wißmann Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wißmann Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wißmann is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wißmann? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wißmann is the 169,344th most commonly used surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,858,982 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Wißmann reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
It is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 2,539 people, or 1 in 31,708. In Germany Wißmann is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 41 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 20 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 16 percent reside. Besides Germany this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 0 percent reside and China, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Wißmann
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