Wadkinson Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Wadkinson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wadkinson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:22,653,683662,747
England41:13,929,515290,718
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England441:553,98629,025
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States351:1,434,82077,606

Wadkinson Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wadkinson has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wadkinson? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wadkinson is the 4,427,875th most prevalent surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. Wadkinson occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 45 percent of Wadkinson reside; 45 percent reside in North America and 45 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 22,653,683. In The United States it is most common in: New York, where 50 percent reside and North Carolina, where 6 percent reside. Other than The United States this last name is found in one country. It is also found in England, where 20 percent reside.

Wadkinson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wadkinson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wadkinson last name declined 54 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 91 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wadkinson Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wadkinson surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 100% registered with the party.

Wadkinson earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 23.92% more than the national average, earning $53,472 USD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Wadkinson
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