Wollenbecker Surname

2,312,869th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 68 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wollenbecker Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wollenbecker Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany461:1,750,119100,509
United States221:16,475,406557,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Wollenbecker Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wollenbecker is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wollenbecker? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wollenbecker is the 2,312,869th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 107,169,793 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 68 percent of Wollenbecker live; 68 percent live in Western Europe and 68 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Wollenbecker is most commonly used in Germany, where it is held by 46 people, or 1 in 1,750,119. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 48 percent live, Saxony-Anhalt, where 33 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 13 percent live. Not including Germany this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 32 percent live.

Wollenbecker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wollenbecker has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wollenbecker surname increased 314 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wollenbecker Last Name Statistics demography

Wollenbecker earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 37.86% less than the national average, earning $26,812 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
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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 Wollenbecker
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