Woltering Surname

173,355th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,479 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Woltering Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Woltering Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,6281:49,4516,446
United States4781:758,28259,111
Netherlands3411:49,5238,473
Australia191:1,420,82673,129
England31:18,572,686338,250
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

The alternate forms: Wöltering (13) are calculated separately.

Woltering Last Name Facts

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

The last name Woltering is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Wöltering. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Woltering? popularity and diffusion

The last name Woltering is the 173,355th most frequent surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 2,939,712 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 80 percent of Woltering live; 80 percent live in Western Europe and 79 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 1,628 people, or 1 in 49,451. In Germany Woltering is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 80 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 12 percent live and Bavaria, where 3 percent live. Not including Germany this surname exists in 13 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 19 percent live and The Netherlands, where 14 percent live.

Woltering Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Woltering has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Woltering last name increased 3,983 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Woltering Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Woltering are 16.34% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.11% registered with the political party.

Woltering earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.91% more than the national average, earning $47,425 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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Woltering
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