Wolgemuth Surname

455,757th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 743 people bear this surname

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

Wolgemuth Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wolgemuth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6561:552,52945,649
Canada521:708,56956,910
Czechia131:817,95970,223
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States641:784,66749,209

Wolgemuth Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wolgemuth is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wolgemuth? popularity and diffusion

Wolgemuth is the 455,757th most common surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 9,808,272 people. The last name Wolgemuth occurs mostly in The Americas, where 56 percent of Wolgemuth reside; 55 percent reside in North America and 55 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 656 people, or 1 in 552,529. In The United States Wolgemuth is most frequent in: Illinois, where 8 percent are found, Florida, where 5 percent are found and Alaska, where 5 percent are found. Excluding The United States this surname is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 7 percent are found and Czechia, where 2 percent are found.

Wolgemuth Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wolgemuth has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wolgemuth last name expanded 1,025 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wolgemuth Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wolgemuth last name are 37.7% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 84.47% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Wolgemuth earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 1.17% more than the national average, earning $43,656 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.8% more than the national average, earning $53,059 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 Wolgemuth
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