Wollersen Surname

1,691,963rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 116 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wollersen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wollersen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1131:712,43854,203
France21:33,211,361423,184
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Wollersen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wollersen is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wollersen? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,691,963rd most commonly held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 62,823,672 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Wollersen live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 113 people, or 1 in 712,438. In Germany Wollersen is primarily concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 57 percent are found, Bremen, where 16 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 12 percent are found. Barring Germany this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in France, where 2 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vollersen8954/
Wollerson8945/
Woollerson8424/
Wallerson78240/
Woolerson7815/
Vollerson782/
Boilersen781/
Bollerson780/
Bolerson710/
Walerson710/
Bullerschen7037/
Bollerschan700/
Volgerson6711/
Volearson671/
Ballerson670/
Walerjan5967/
Valerson594/

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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 Wollersen
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