Wohlers Surname
Approximately 6,505 people bear this surname
Wohlers Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 3,863 | 1:20,840 | 2,776 |
| United States | 1,726 | 1:209,999 | 20,542 |
| Brazil | 276 | 1:775,632 | 28,196 |
| Guatemala | 194 | 1:82,900 | 2,758 |
| Australia | 155 | 1:174,166 | 17,758 |
| New Zealand | 76 | 1:59,583 | 9,301 |
| Canada | 43 | 1:856,874 | 66,382 |
| Switzerland | 37 | 1:221,971 | 18,930 |
| Austria | 27 | 1:315,386 | 35,058 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| Denmark | 24 | 1:235,196 | 18,480 |
| Argentina | 16 | 1:2,671,463 | 118,579 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 15 | 1:1,625,025 | 53,310 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 104 | 1:482,872 | 34,278 |
The alternate forms: Wöhlers (8) are calculated separately.
Wohlers (19) may also be a first name.
Wohlers Demographics
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Wohlers Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wohlers Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wohlers occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Wöhlers. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wohlers? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 75,453rd most prevalent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,120,299 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 61 percent of Wohlers are found; 60 percent are found in Western Europe and 60 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,523,061st most numerous first name globally, held by 19 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 3,863 people, or 1 in 20,840. In Germany Wohlers is most numerous in: Lower Saxony, where 44 percent live, Bremen, where 19 percent live and Schleswig-Holstein, where 15 percent live. Beside Germany Wohlers exists in 29 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 27 percent live and Brazil, where 4 percent live.
Wohlers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wohlers has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 1,660 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 167 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wohlers Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Wohlers last name are 24.76% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 71.53% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Wohlers earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 31.51% less than the national average, earning 237,024 kr per year; in United States they earn 9.33% more than the national average, earning $47,176 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.02% more than the national average, earning $54,165 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wöhlers | 95 | 8 | / |
| Woohlers | 93 | 2 | / |
| Wolers | 92 | 10 | / |
| Wahlers | 86 | 3,149 | / |
| Wolhers | 86 | 69 | / |
| Wehlers | 86 | 56 | / |
| Wolgers | 86 | 49 | / |
| Wollers | 86 | 34 | / |
| Wohlars | 86 | 30 | / |
| Bohlers | 86 | 22 | / |
| Vohlers | 86 | 20 | / |
| Wholers | 86 | 12 | / |
| Whalers | 86 | 3 | / |
| Woulers | 86 | 2 | / |
| Woolers | 86 | 0 | / |
| Wohlirs | 86 | 0 | / |
| Wheelers | 80 | 25 | / |
| Wollerst | 80 | 1 | / |
| Woolgers | 80 | 0 | / |
| Walers | 77 | 102 | / |
| Volers | 77 | 5 | / |
| Bolers | 77 | 2 | / |
| Welers | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bollers | 71 | 711 | / |
| Vollers | 71 | 521 | / |
| Wallers | 71 | 354 | / |
| Volgers | 71 | 246 | / |
| Vahlers | 71 | 29 | / |
| Watlers | 71 | 20 | / |
| Böhlers | 71 | 14 | / |
| Boulers | 71 | 3 | / |
| Waliers | 71 | 2 | / |
| Volhers | 71 | 2 | / |
| Walhers | 71 | 2 | / |
| Wölhers | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wollersche | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bahlers | 71 | 1 | / |
| Boylers | 71 | 1 | / |
| Welhers | 71 | 0 | / |
| Walerss | 71 | 0 | / |
| Wholerx | 71 | 0 | / |
| Whelars | 71 | 0 | / |
| Wollors | 71 | 0 | / |
| Wollaars | 67 | 79 | / |
| Vollaers | 67 | 40 | / |
| Wattlers | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boullers | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wallerås | 67 | 1 | / |
| Volliers | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wheelars | 67 | 0 | / |
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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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- 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 Wohlers
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