Weskin Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Australia

Weskin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Weskin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England191:2,932,529101,561
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340

Weskin (17) may also be a first name.

Weskin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Weskin is found most frequently in England. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Weskin? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,274,477th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 64 percent of Weskin live; 53 percent live in Northern Europe and 53 percent live in British Isles. Weskin is also the 2,694,839th most prevalent given name on earth, borne by 17 people.

The last name Weskin is most commonly used in England, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 2,932,529. In England it is mostly concentrated in: Greater London, where 68 percent live, Kent, where 21 percent live and Somerset, where 5 percent live. Beside England it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 28 percent live and The Netherlands, where 6 percent live.

Weskin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Weskin has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Weskin surname expanded 190 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weiskind8674/
Weschkin862/
Wessking861/
Wedskind860/
Waskin83751/
Wiskin83393/
Veskin8314/
Woskin834/
Weisskind801/
Veshkin77617/
Whiskin77426/
Beshkin7726/
Wechkin7714/
Wishkin7712/
Beszkin7712/
Veskina7710/
Washkin778/
Witskin777/
Hueskin775/
Wiesken772/
Wyszkin772/
Beyskin771/
Besckin771/
Veshkina71542/
Beyshkin7159/
Whiskind7128/
Wischkin7114/
Veytskin7113/
Weißkind7110/
Wyschkin7110/
Veskienė714/
Voeshkin714/
Waschkin711/
Vetshkin711/
Wishking710/
Whisking710/
Vaskin674,816/
Wisken67236/
Viskin67171/
Voskin6724/
Beskyn6715/
Wasken6715/
Wizkin677/
Byskin674/
Vyskin674/
Vesken673/
Washkn670/

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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 Weskin
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