Wenmouth Surname

2,168,711th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 76 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Wenmouth Surname Definition:

From wen-mot, the white place.

Wenmouth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England521:1,071,50151,923
United States211:17,259,949572,238
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England471:518,62527,981
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Wenmouth Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From wen-mot, the white place.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Wenmouth Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wenmouth is found most in England. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wenmouth? popularity and diffusion

Wenmouth is the 2,168,711th most widely held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 95,888,762 people. Wenmouth occurs mostly in Europe, where 68 percent of Wenmouth reside; 68 percent reside in Northern Europe and 68 percent reside in British Isles.

This last name is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 52 people, or 1 in 1,071,501. In England it is primarily concentrated in: Cornwall, where 21 percent live, Surrey, where 17 percent live and West Sussex, where 13 percent live. Besides England this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 28 percent live and Australia, where 4 percent live.

Wenmouth Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wenmouth has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname rose 111 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 525 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wenmouth Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

Wenmouth earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 57.1% more than the national average, earning $67,788 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whenmouth9470/
Wenmoth93151/
Wenmuth931/
Winmoth800/
Winmuth800/
Winmot712/
Winmut711/
Benmat57653/
Binmut5721/
Benmud5711/
Benmhad535/
Vemmott531/

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