Wortmann Surname

43,315th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,017 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wortmann Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wortmann Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany9,9261:8,1111,003
United States1,0071:359,93932,103
South Africa3841:141,08816,227
Denmark2191:25,7752,630
Brazil1151:1,861,51659,915
Netherlands711:237,84831,022
Australia541:499,92037,885
Hungary441:223,09718,334
Switzerland361:228,13719,301
England281:1,989,93178,001
Poland241:1,583,69889,279
France161:4,151,420237,746
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
Thailand121:5,886,529390,733
Belgium111:1,045,14978,166
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Austria61:1,419,23986,529
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Argentina61:7,123,902190,047
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1051:478,27334,042

The alternate forms: Wörtmann (95) are calculated separately.

Wortmann Last Name Facts

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

Wortmann is found most frequently in Germany. It may also be rendered as a variant: Wörtmann. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wortmann? popularity and diffusion

It is the 43,315th most widespread last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 606,436 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 87 percent of Wortmann live; 84 percent live in Western Europe and 84 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 9,926 people, or 1 in 8,111. In Germany Wortmann is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 67 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 15 percent reside and Bavaria, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany this surname is found in 35 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 8 percent reside and South Africa, where 3 percent reside.

Wortmann Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wortmann has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wortmann last name increased 959 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 2,800 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wortmann Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wortmann last name are 30.57% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 77.34% registered with the political party.

The amount Wortmann earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 9.64% more than the national average, earning R 260,544 per year; in United States they earn 13.21% more than the national average, earning $48,848 USD per year and in Canada they earn 36% more than the national average, earning $67,570 CAD per year.

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Wortmann Reference & Research

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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 Wortmann
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