Woestehoff Surname

1,518,885th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 137 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Woestehoff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Woestehoff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States871:4,166,195223,594
Brazil481:4,459,882118,224
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Woestehoff Last Name Facts

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

The surname Woestehoff occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Woestehoff? popularity and diffusion

The surname Woestehoff is the 1,518,885th most frequent family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 53,193,766 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 93 percent of Woestehoff are found; 58 percent are found in North America and 58 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 87 people, or 1 in 4,166,195. In The United States Woestehoff is most prevalent in: Minnesota, where 45 percent reside, New Mexico, where 14 percent reside and Colorado, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 35 percent reside and Germany, where 1 percent reside.

Woestehoff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Woestehoff has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Woestehoff last name expanded 1,243 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Woestehoff Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Woestehoff surname are 18.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 65% being registered to vote for the political party.

Woestehoff earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 23.19% more than the national average, earning $53,155 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wostehoff9549/
Westehoff9510/
Wosthehoff901/
Wöstehoff84118/
Wüstehoff849/
Wöstehof782/
Wistehuff7432/

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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 Woestehoff
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