Wösthoff Surname
Approximately 104 people bear this surname
Wösthoff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 103 | 1:781,606 | 57,825 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Wösthoff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wösthoff Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wösthoff occurs most in Germany. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Wösthoff.
How Common Is The Last Name Wösthoff? popularity and diffusion
Wösthoff is the 1,806,862nd most common family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 70,072,557 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Wösthoff reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
Wösthoff is most widespread in Germany, where it is held by 103 people, or 1 in 781,606. In Germany Wösthoff is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 70 percent reside, Hesse, where 13 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 7 percent reside. Not including Germany this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westhoff | 88 | 7,877 | / |
| Wuesthoff | 82 | 348 | / |
| Woesthoff | 82 | 206 | / |
| Weusthoff | 82 | 150 | / |
| Whesthoff | 82 | 1 | / |
| Weesthoff | 82 | 1 | / |
| Westhof | 80 | 744 | / |
| Westoff | 80 | 78 | / |
| Weusthof | 75 | 277 | / |
| Woesthof | 75 | 21 | / |
| Vesthoff | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wuesthof | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wuestoff | 75 | 1 | / |
| Westhoof | 75 | 1 | / |
| Westhopf | 75 | 0 | / |
| Westof | 71 | 4 | / |
| Woesstoff | 71 | 0 | / |
| Westaff | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wastaff | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vastoff | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hvostoff | 63 | 6 | / |
| Whestaff | 63 | 1 | / |
| Wasstaff | 63 | 1 | / |
| Westow | 57 | 32 | / |
| Wastow | 57 | 2 | / |
| Wastaf | 57 | 1 | / |
| Hwostow | 53 | 17 | / |
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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 Wösthoff
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