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
Wouter (Arabic: فوتر) occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Wouter click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wouter? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 773,729th most prevalent surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 19,857,073 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 47 percent of Wouter live; 46 percent live in Western Europe and 46 percent live in Germanic Europe. Wouter is also the 17,983rd most numerous first name globally, held by 51,688 people.
It is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is carried 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. Apart from The Netherlands this surname is found in 17 countries. It is also common in Suriname, where 33 percent live and Aruba, where 9 percent live.
Wouter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wouter has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wouter surname fell 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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