Wohlfahrt Surname
Approximately 6,253 people bear this surname
Wohlfahrt Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 4,949 | 1:16,267 | 2,150 |
| Austria | 610 | 1:13,960 | 2,037 |
| United States | 251 | 1:1,444,059 | 99,074 |
| Brazil | 92 | 1:2,326,895 | 71,923 |
| France | 72 | 1:922,538 | 106,020 |
| Switzerland | 43 | 1:190,998 | 16,977 |
| Sweden | 34 | 1:289,610 | 20,124 |
| Poland | 30 | 1:1,266,958 | 80,461 |
| Denmark | 29 | 1:194,645 | 16,083 |
| Canada | 24 | 1:1,535,233 | 104,339 |
| Argentina | 20 | 1:2,137,171 | 104,027 |
| Luxembourg | 20 | 1:29,027 | 5,175 |
| South Africa | 18 | 1:3,009,872 | 112,058 |
| Australia | 16 | 1:1,687,231 | 81,699 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 43 | 1:1,167,876 | 66,381 |
Wohlfahrt Demographics
Average Wohlfahrt Salary in
United States
$43,930 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wohlfahrt Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wohlfahrt Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wohlfahrt is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wohlfahrt? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 78,145th most common last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,165,448 people. The surname Wohlfahrt occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Wohlfahrt are found; 91 percent are found in Western Europe and 90 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 4,949 people, or 1 in 16,267. In Germany Wohlfahrt is primarily concentrated in: Bavaria, where 18 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 16 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 14 percent live. Aside from Germany this surname is found in 27 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 10 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.
Wohlfahrt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wohlfahrt has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wohlfahrt last name rose 584 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wohlfahrt Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Wohlfahrt last name are 26.76% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 73.53% registered with the political party.
The amount Wohlfahrt earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 186.01% more than the national average, earning 989,831 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 72.41% less than the national average, earning R 65,568 per year; in United States they earn 1.81% more than the national average, earning $43,930 USD per year and in Canada they earn 29.43% more than the national average, earning $64,306 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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- 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 Wohlfahrt
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