Wichmann is a German surname.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 78.7% of all known bearers of the surname ''Wichmann'' were residents of

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

(frequency 1:3,983), 8.0% of the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

(1:177,345), 3.6% of

Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark ...

(1:6,135), 3.5% of

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

(1:59,575) and 1.3% of

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

(1:631,210). In

, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:3,983) in the following states: * 1.

Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state consis ...

(1:1,107) * 2.

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

(1:1,538) * 3.

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sch ...

(1:1,639) * 4.

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; nds, Mäkelborg-Vörpommern), also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ranks 14th in po ...

(1:1,839) * 5.

Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

(1:1,846) * 6.

Brandenburg Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a states of Germany, state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an ar ...

(1:2,088) * 7.

Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it the ...

(1:2,251) In

, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:6,135) in the following regions:Wichmann surname distribution
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Capital Region of Denmark The Capital Region of Denmark ( da, Region Hovedstaden, ) is the easternmost administrative region of Denmark. The Capital Region has 29 municipalities and a regional council consisting of 41 elected members. As of 1 August 2021 the chairperson ...

(1:4,202) * 2.

Region Zealand Region Zealand ( da, Region Sjælland) is the southernmost administrative region of Denmark, established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which abolished the traditional counties ("amter") and set up five larger regi ...

(1:4,575) * 3.

Region of Southern Denmark The Region of Southern Denmark ( da, Region Syddanmark, ; german: Region Süddänemark, ; frr, Regiuun Syddanmark) is an administrative Regions of Denmark, region of Denmark established on Monday 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Munici ...

(1:5,388)

People

* Achim Krause-Wichmann (1930–2000), German rower *

Amalie Wichmann Amalie Riggelsen Wichmann (born 4 March 1995) is a Danish handball player who currently plays for Horsens HK Horsens Håndboldkub Elite is a Danish handball club. In the 2018/19 season its first female team plays in the Danish 1st division af ...

(born 1995), Danish handball player * C. E. A. Wichmann (1851–1927), German geologist and mineralogist *

Clara Wichmann Clara Gertrud Wichmann (17 August 1885 – 15 February 1922) was a Germans, German–Dutch people, Dutch lawyer and anarcha-feminism, anarchist feminist activist, who became a leading advocate of criminal justice reform and Prison abolition movem ...

(1885–1922), German–Dutch lawyer, writer, anarcho-syndicalist, feminist and atheist * Cody Wichmann (born 1992), American football player * Erich Wichmann-Harbeck (1900–1976), Chilean sailor *

Eyvind Wichmann Eyvind Hugo Wichmann (May 30, 1928 – February 16, 2019) was an American theoretical physicist. Life Wichmann studied in Finland (Institute of Technology, Helsinki, diploma 1950) and finished his master studies 1953 at the Columbia University, ...

(1928–2019), US-American physicist * Friedrich-Wilhelm Wichmann (1901–1974), German sprinter * Hans Wichmann (1905–1981), German middle-distance runner * Hennig Wichmann (died 1402), one of the leaders of the German Likedeelers *

Kanchi Wichmann Kanchi Wichmann (born 1974) is a British filmmaker, best known for the lesbian feature ''Break My Fall (film), Break My Fall'' (2011) which was listed as one of ten great lesbian films to watch by the British Film Institute. Life and career Wic ...

(born 1974), British filmmaker * Kurt-Werner Wichmann (1949–1993), German serial killer responsible for the Göhrde Murders * Ludwig Wilhelm Wichmann (1788-1859), German sculptor * Mathias Wichmann (born 1991), Danish footballer * Moritz Ludwig George Wichmann (1821–1859), German astronomer * Rudolph Wichmann (1826-1900), German farmer, landowner and politician, member of Reichstag * Siegfried Wichmann (1921–2015), German art historian *

Søren Wichmann Søren Wichmann (born 1964) is a Danish linguist specializing in historical linguistics, linguistic typology, Mesoamerican languages, and epigraphy. Since June 2016, he has been employed as a University Lecturer at Leiden University Centre for Li ...

(born 1964), Danish linguist *

Tamás Wichmann Tamás Wichmann (4 February 1948 – 12 February 2020) was a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed from 1966 to 1983. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won three medals. This included two silver (C-1 1000 m: 1972 ...

(1948–2020), Hungarian sprint canoer * Valery Wichman, LGBT rights activist from the Cook Islands * Waldemar Wichmann (Born 1960), Ships’ Captain & Environmental Activist * Yrjö Wichmann (1868–1932), Finnish linguist

References

{{surname German-language surnames Surnames of German origin