Viskers Surname

1,441,361st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 149 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Viskers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Viskers Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia1281:16,0162,380
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419

The alternate forms: Viškers (2) & Višķers (3) are calculated separately.

Viskers Last Name Facts

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

The last name Viskers has its highest incidence in Latvia. It may also be found in the variant forms: Viškers or Višķers. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Viskers? popularity and diffusion

The surname Viskers is the 1,441,361st most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 48,909,704 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Viskers live; 92 percent live in Northern Europe and 87 percent live in Baltic Europe.

The surname is most numerous in Latvia, where it is carried by 128 people, or 1 in 16,016. In Latvia it is primarily concentrated in: Riga Planning Region, where 55 percent are found, Semigallia, where 20 percent are found and Latgale, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Latvia Viskers exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 5 percent are found and Sweden, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Viškers952/
Višķers903/
Fiskers8626/
Viskirs861/
Wiskers861/
Biskers860/
Huiskers8040/
Whiskers8030/
Vischers804/
Vishchers757/
Beskers71238/
Fiskars7155/
Weskers711/
Fischers6712/
Wischers672/
Viskirch671/
Fishcers671/
Fessckers630/
Wiskirch532/
Weiskirch50198/
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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 Viskers
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