Wouter Surname
Approximately 367 people bear this surname
Wouter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 145 | 1:116,463 | 18,437 |
| Suriname | 121 | 1:4,567 | 989 |
| Aruba | 32 | 1:3,234 | 449 |
| Israel | 26 | 1:329,140 | 27,831 |
| Belgium | 21 | 1:547,459 | 51,586 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
Wouter (51,688) may also be a first name.
Wouter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wouter Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wouter (Arabic: فوتر) has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wouter? popularity and diffusion
It is the 773,729th most frequently held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 19,857,073 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 47 percent of Wouter are found; 46 percent are found in Western Europe and 46 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Wouter is also the 17,983rd most numerous first name in the world, borne by 51,688 people.
This surname is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 145 people, or 1 in 116,463. In The Netherlands Wouter is most frequent in: South Holland, where 34 percent live, North Holland, where 27 percent live and Flevoland, where 11 percent live. Aside from The Netherlands this surname exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in Suriname, where 33 percent live and Aruba, where 9 percent live.
Wouter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wouter has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wouter surname contracted 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wouter Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wouter in the Arabic language | ||
| فوتر | fwtr | - |
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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 Wouter
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