Widmer is used as a family name or surname in Switzerland. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Widmer
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Switzerland
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Widmer

How popular is Widmer?

Widmer is common in Switzerland.

Widmer is ranked 23924 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Widmer bearers increased by 3.249768 per cent in 2010 US census to 3336 since 2000, the surname slipped by 450 spots and ranked at 9722. The last name was found in around 11 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.9 96.78
Hispanic or Latino 2.76 1.39
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.99 0.56
Others 0.87 0.74
Widmer is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Switzerland which signifies that it is originated from Switzerland. Around 21473 people have been found who wears Widmer as their family name. Widmer is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,568 Thailand8
5,318 China8
1,005 Cayman Islands7
318,252 Ukraine6
4,096 Dominican Republic3
10,686 Costa Rica3
661,536 Indonesia3
54,135 Philippines2
3,871 Paraguay2
5,298 Botswana2
12,844 Pakistan2
9,272 Ecuador2
31,767 Greece2
21,529 Singapore2
147,165 Czech Republic2
31,584 Peru1
897,276 Russia1
165,773 Belarus1
7,314 Bolivia1
1,704,541 India1
13,606 Senegal1
91,024 Belgium1
6,033 Benin1
19,533 Uruguay1
49,101 Denmark1
10,683 Cyprus1
6,212 Jamaica1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
28,365 Kenya1
537 Liechtenstein1
16,283 Lithuania1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
31,207 Ireland1
16,640 Hong Kong1
7,895 South Korea1
77,122 Sweden1
25,746 Finland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,780 Scotland46
20,103 Norway33
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
62,494 Netherlands22
21,268 New Zealand21
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
67,110 Italy90
37,264 Spain60
Countries with hundreds of Widmer:
9,740 France931
6,578 Argentina806
17,493 Brazil747
9,565 Canada417
27,867 South Africa201
6,872 Austria183
15,893 Australia167
28,709 England161
21,011 Mexico157
7,635 Chile126
Countries with thousands of Widmer:
8,444 United States4,427
5,381 Germany1,715
Countries with ten thousands of Widmer:
20 Switzerland11,056
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

33 years old farmer Augusto Widmer who was residing in Italy migrated to New York on January 17, 1884 by France put out from Havre. 22 years old Jean Widmer, are other Widmer that migrated to US.

Comments

R
Rickey Taketa
widmer is a surname and locates in Artois in northern France is derived from the personal name of Germanic origin Widmar, consists of wid = wood and March which means famous.

Widmer Namesakes

  • Hans Widmer, Author
  • Andi Widmer, Cinematographer
  • Oliver Widmer, Opera Singer
  • Beni Widmer, Musical Artist
  • Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, Member of the Swiss Federal Council
  • Oliver Widmer, Opera Singer
  • Bertha Gizella Widmer, Sigmund Widmer's mother
  • Heidi Widmer, Cross-country skier
  • Kemble Widmer, Author
  • Kingsley Widmer, Author

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