Woelke Surname
Approximately 2,245 people bear this surname
Woelke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,199 | 1:67,144 | 8,573 |
| United States | 475 | 1:763,071 | 59,419 |
| Poland | 164 | 1:231,761 | 29,809 |
| Mexico | 123 | 1:1,009,156 | 13,192 |
| Canada | 101 | 1:364,808 | 32,793 |
| Ecuador | 47 | 1:338,422 | 9,364 |
| Brazil | 36 | 1:5,946,509 | 145,792 |
| Argentina | 32 | 1:1,335,732 | 76,713 |
| Uruguay | 16 | 1:214,485 | 16,699 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| Paraguay | 8 | 1:904,593 | 9,127 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16 | 1:3,138,668 | 142,671 |
Woelke Demographics
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Woelke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Woelke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Woelke occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Woelke? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 188,361st most frequently held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 3,246,123 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 62 percent of Woelke live; 54 percent live in Western Europe and 54 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most widespread in Germany, where it is borne by 1,199 people, or 1 in 67,144. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 35 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 15 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Germany Woelke exists in 24 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 21 percent are found and Poland, where 7 percent are found.
Woelke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Woelke has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Woelke surname grew 2,969 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Woelke Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Woelke are 10.25% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.02% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Woelke earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 4.3% more than the national average, earning $45,006 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.68% less than the national average, earning $46,862 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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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
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