Wohlgehagen Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Wohlgehagen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 53 | 1:1,518,971 | 91,373 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
Wohlgehagen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wohlgehagen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wohlgehagen is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wohlgehagen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,255,512th most prevalent surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 102,641,492 people. The surname Wohlgehagen is mostly found in Europe, where 76 percent of Wohlgehagen live; 75 percent live in Western Europe and 75 percent live in Germanic Europe.
Wohlgehagen is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 53 people, or 1 in 1,518,971. In Germany Wohlgehagen is primarily concentrated in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 42 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 26 percent are found and Bremen, where 23 percent are found. Outside of Germany Wohlgehagen occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 11 percent are found and The United States, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wohlgehangen | 96 | 4 | / |
| Wohlgehegen | 91 | 0 | / |
| Bolgehagen | 86 | 1 | / |
| Volehaugen | 76 | 25 | / |
| Balehagn | 63 | 1 | / |
| Walleshausen | 61 | 12 | / |
| Baljhagen | 60 | 5 | / |
| Ballhaugen | 57 | 1 | / |
| Walaianggen | 55 | 2 | / |
| Balgauzen | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Wohlgehagen
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