Xylander Surname

1,755,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Xylander Surname Definition:

(German), Woodman. The name of a German scholar, originally Holzmann, which he translated into Greek.

Xylander Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany921:875,05962,702
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

The alternate forms: Xyländer (23) are calculated separately.

Xylander Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German), Woodman. The name of a German scholar, originally Holzmann, which he translated into Greek.

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

Xylander Last Name Facts

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

The last name Xylander has its highest incidence in Germany. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Xyländer. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Xylander? popularity and diffusion

The last name Xylander is the 1,755,741st most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 66,858,219 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Xylander reside; 91 percent reside in Western Europe and 90 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 92 people, or 1 in 875,059. In Germany it is mostly found in: Bavaria, where 20 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 20 percent reside and Thuringia, where 15 percent reside. Barring Germany this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 6 percent reside and The United States, where 6 percent reside.

Xylander Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Xylander has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Xylander last name rose 140 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Xylander Last Name Statistics demography

Xylander earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 196.36% more than the national average, earning $127,875 USD per year.

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