Wakinshaw Surname

2,047,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 84 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Wakinshaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wakinshaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England801:696,47639,547
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England351:696,43933,013
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Wakinshaw Last Name Facts

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

Wakinshaw is found most in England. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wakinshaw? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,047,559th most commonly used last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 86,756,499 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Wakinshaw reside; 96 percent reside in Northern Europe and 96 percent reside in British Isles.

This surname is most commonly held in England, where it is carried by 80 people, or 1 in 696,476. In England it is primarily found in: Tyne and Wear, where 58 percent live, Greater London, where 21 percent live and Dorset, where 14 percent live. Excluding England this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent live and Scotland, where 1 percent live.

Wakinshaw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wakinshaw has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Wakinshaw surname expanded 229 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Watkinshaw950/
Wakenshaw89508/
Wakenshawh844/
Wackenshaw840/

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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 Wakinshaw
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