Wansbury Surname

1,511,557th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 138 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Wansbury Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wansbury Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa721:752,46852,376
England381:1,466,26563,675
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England331:738,64834,140
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Wansbury Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wansbury is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wansbury? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,511,557th most commonly occurring last name globally It is held by around 1 in 52,808,304 people. Wansbury occurs predominantly in Africa, where 52 percent of Wansbury live; 52 percent live in Southern Africa and 52 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Wansbury is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 72 people, or 1 in 752,468. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Free State, where 29 percent live, Western Cape, where 24 percent live and Gauteng, where 13 percent live. Besides South Africa this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 28 percent live and Australia, where 9 percent live.

Wansbury Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wansbury has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Wansbury surname increased 115 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 110 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wansbury Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Wansbury earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 112.26% more than the national average, earning R 504,408 per year and in United States they earn 103.94% more than the national average, earning $88,000 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 Wansbury
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