Wollbrink Surname

786,896th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 359 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Denmark

Wollbrink Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wollbrink Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2151:374,44435,419
United States1061:3,419,424193,489
Denmark361:156,79813,614
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Wollbrink Last Name Facts

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

Wollbrink is found most frequently in Germany. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wollbrink? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 786,896th most prevalent last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 20,299,571 people. The surname Wollbrink is predominantly found in Europe, where 70 percent of Wollbrink are found; 60 percent are found in Western Europe and 60 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 215 people, or 1 in 374,444. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 90 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 6 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 3 percent are found. Not including Germany Wollbrink is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 30 percent are found and Denmark, where 10 percent are found.

Wollbrink Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wollbrink has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 964 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wollbrink Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wollbrink last name are 32.98% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 86.21% registered with the political party.

Wollbrink earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 20.45% less than the national average, earning $34,325 USD 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 Wollbrink
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