Wadkins Surname

181,558th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,344 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Wadkins Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wadkins Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,2561:160,66416,363
England671:831,61344,286
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England491:497,45727,315
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,7501:13,3921,717

Wadkins Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wadkins is most common in The United States. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wadkins.

How Common Is The Last Name Wadkins? popularity and diffusion

It is the 181,558th most common surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 3,109,021 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 87 percent of Wadkins reside; 87 percent reside in North America and 87 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name Wadkins is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 2,256 people, or 1 in 160,664. In The United States it is mostly found in: California, where 10 percent are found, Texas, where 9 percent are found and Alabama, where 8 percent are found. Aside from The United States it occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in England, where 3 percent are found and Australia, where 0 percent are found.

Wadkins Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wadkins has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 40 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 137 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wadkins Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wadkins last name are 21.53% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 68.3% registered with the political party.

Wadkins earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 12.74% less than the national average, earning $37,652 USD per year.

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Wadkins Reference & Research

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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 Wadkins
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