Wöllenstein Surname
Approximately 137 people bear this surname
Wöllenstein Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 135 | 1:596,337 | 48,011 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
Wöllenstein Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wöllenstein Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wöllenstein is found most in Germany. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Wöllenstein click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wöllenstein? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,518,885th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 53,193,766 people. The last name Wöllenstein occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Wöllenstein reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
It is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 135 people, or 1 in 596,337. In Germany it is most numerous in: Hesse, where 71 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 10 percent are found and Berlin, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Czechia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellenstein | 91 | 364 | / |
| Willenstein | 91 | 2 | / |
| Wlenstein | 90 | 2 | / |
| Woellenstein | 87 | 15 | / |
| Willemstein | 82 | 669 | / |
| Billenstein | 82 | 286 | / |
| Wellenstien | 82 | 1 | / |
| Bellenstein | 82 | 0 | / |
| Blenstein | 80 | 2 | / |
| Welnstein | 80 | 1 | / |
| Willemsteijn | 78 | 66 | / |
| Blenshtein | 76 | 5 | / |
| Villensteen | 73 | 5 | / |
| Willemsteyn | 73 | 2 | / |
| Blinstein | 70 | 29 | / |
| Willemzteijn | 70 | 8 | / |
| Belnstein | 70 | 1 | / |
| Wellenstam | 67 | 23 | / |
| Blynshtein | 67 | 4 | / |
| Blinshtein | 67 | 3 | / |
| Willemstyne | 64 | 2 | / |
| Blinshteyn | 57 | 24 | / |
| Blinshtain | 57 | 1 | / |
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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 Wöllenstein
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