Weeke Surname
Approximately 740 people bear this surname
Weeke Surname Definition:
(English and Scandinavian) belonging to Week, a phonologically more correct form than the commoner Wick, q.v.
Three of the Somerset places so named are or were called indifferently Week or Wick.
Weeke Surname Distribution Map
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
Germany | 417 | 1:193,059 | 22,332 |
United States | 131 | 1:2,766,862 | 164,942 |
Netherlands | 75 | 1:225,162 | 29,957 |
Denmark | 54 | 1:104,532 | 9,834 |
Mexico | 27 | 1:4,597,267 | 27,985 |
Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
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Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
England | 16 | 1:1,523,461 | 51,234 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 42 | 1:1,195,683 | 67,545 |
Weeke Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English and Scandinavian) belonging to Week, a phonologically more correct form than the commoner Wick, q.v.
Three of the Somerset places so named are or were called indifferently Week or Wick.
(English) Dweller at the dairy farm; one who came from Week (dairy farm), the name of several places in England.
Weeke Demographics
Weeke Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Weeke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weeke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Weeke occurs most in Germany. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Weeke? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 457,199th most common last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,848,035 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 76 percent of Weeke reside; 66 percent reside in Western Europe and 66 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 417 people, or 1 in 193,059. In Germany Weeke is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 74 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 9 percent live and Berlin, where 7 percent live. Not including Germany this last name is found in 18 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 18 percent live and The Netherlands, where 10 percent live.
Weeke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Weeke has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 312 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 94 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Weeke Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Weeke surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Weeke surname are 10.37% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.14% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Weeke earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 17.27% less than the national average, earning 286,313 kr per year; in United States they earn 13.81% more than the national average, earning $49,107 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.24% less than the national average, earning $45,094 CAD per year.
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