Wüstefeld Surname
Approximately 3,017 people bear this surname
Wüstefeld Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2,981 | 1:27,006 | 3,565 |
| Switzerland | 19 | 1:432,259 | 31,718 |
| Netherlands | 12 | 1:1,407,265 | 75,423 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Wustefeld (142) are calculated separately.
Wüstefeld Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wüstefeld Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wüstefeld is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may occur as: Wustefeld. Click here to see other possible spellings of Wüstefeld.
How Common Is The Last Name Wüstefeld? popularity and diffusion
It is the 146,845th most frequent last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 2,415,494 people. Wüstefeld occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Wüstefeld reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 2,981 people, or 1 in 27,006. In Germany Wüstefeld is mostly found in: Lower Saxony, where 67 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 14 percent are found and Thuringia, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Germany this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 1 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wustefeld | 96 | 142 | / |
| Wüstefeldt | 95 | 4 | / |
| Wüstfeld | 94 | 6 | / |
| Wöstefeld | 89 | 216 | / |
| Westefeld | 89 | 29 | / |
| Wostefeld | 89 | 2 | / |
| Wuestefeld | 84 | 350 | / |
| Woestefeld | 84 | 13 | / |
| Westefield | 84 | 7 | / |
| Westefeldt | 84 | 3 | / |
| Westfeld | 82 | 208 | / |
| Wustfeld | 82 | 2 | / |
| Wuestefield | 80 | 1 | / |
| Westfield | 78 | 2,152 | / |
| Westfeldt | 78 | 100 | / |
| Wistefelt | 78 | 16 | / |
| Westfeild | 78 | 4 | / |
| Wästfeldt | 78 | 3 | / |
| Wuestfeld | 78 | 3 | / |
| Wastfield | 78 | 1 | / |
| Bustefeld | 78 | 0 | / |
| Westfeald | 78 | 0 | / |
| Westefelt | 78 | 0 | / |
| Wustefelt | 78 | 0 | / |
| Westefelot | 74 | 0 | / |
| Westfieldt | 74 | 0 | / |
| Westifield | 74 | 0 | / |
| Wuestfeild | 74 | 0 | / |
| Westveld | 71 | 204 | / |
| Westfelt | 71 | 105 | / |
| Wästfelt | 71 | 77 | / |
| Westfold | 71 | 68 | / |
| Westfald | 71 | 39 | / |
| Wastfelt | 71 | 1 | / |
| Weiestefelt | 70 | 0 | / |
| Westevelt | 67 | 6 | / |
| Westfaldt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wastveldt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Westfildt | 67 | 0 | / |
| Westeevelt | 63 | 0 | / |
| Westvold | 59 | 94 | / |
| Westfält | 59 | 41 | / |
| Westvelt | 59 | 33 | / |
| Westfalt | 59 | 0 | / |
| Westphald | 56 | 1 | / |
| Westfleet | 56 | 0 | / |
| Wucetfelt | 56 | 0 | / |
| Westavelt | 56 | 0 | / |
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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 Wüstefeld
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