Wohlgenannt Surname

325,707th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,142 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Wohlgenannt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wohlgenannt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria1,0981:7,755972
Germany161:5,031,591189,895
Switzerland151:547,52838,365
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Wohlgenannt Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wohlgenannt occurs in Austria more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wohlgenannt? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 325,707th most prevalent family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 6,381,389 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Wohlgenannt reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly held in Austria, where it is held by 1,098 people, or 1 in 7,755. In Austria it is mostly concentrated in: Vorarlberg, where 96 percent are found, Tyrol, where 2 percent are found and Burgenland, where 1 percent are found. Not including Austria this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 1 percent are found and Switzerland, where 1 percent are found.

Wohlgenannt Last Name Statistics demography

Wohlgenannt earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.13% less than the national average, earning $41,800 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wohlgenant9550/
Wolgenannt951/
Wohlgennant911/
Wohlgenamt861/
Wholgenant860/
Volkgenannt8247/
Volgenant8016/
Volgenandt762/
Walgén Wendt521/

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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 Wohlgenannt
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