Woese Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Woese Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16 | 1:3,138,668 | 142,671 |
Woese Demographics
Average Woese Salary in
United States
$72,875 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Woese Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Woese Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Woese is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Woese.
How Common Is The Last Name Woese? popularity and diffusion
Woese is the 3,798,600th most commonly held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name Woese occurs mostly in The Americas, where 52 percent of Woese live; 48 percent live in Western Europe and 48 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 6,708,788. In Germany it is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 75 percent live, Bavaria, where 8 percent live and Berlin, where 8 percent live. Barring Germany Woese exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 44 percent live and Brazil, where 7 percent live.
Woese Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Woese has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Woese last name contracted 25 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Woese Last Name Statistics demography
Woese earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 68.89% more than the national average, earning $72,875 USD 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
- 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 Woese
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