Wöltjen Surname

881,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 306 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wöltjen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wöltjen Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2971:271,06228,716
Belgium81:1,437,08092,692
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

Wöltjen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wöltjen occurs most in Germany. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wöltjen? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wöltjen is the 881,213th most commonly used family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 23,815,510 people. The surname Wöltjen is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Wöltjen live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Wöltjen is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 297 people, or 1 in 271,062. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Bremen, where 61 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 28 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 6 percent reside. Barring Germany it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Wöltjen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wöltjen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wöltjen surname decreased 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wöhltjen9364/
Weltjen8654/
Wøltjen864/
Wöltgen862/
Woeltjen8068/
Wiltjien800/
Woehltjen7512/
Veltjen71167/
Weltgen7163/
Wilthien6783/
Wletiein671/
Willtgen670/
Veltien57118/
Veltyen5712/
Vletien577/
Viltgen572/
Viltien571/
Beltienė533/
Vyoltien531/
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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 Wöltjen
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