Westnutt Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Westnutt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Westnutt Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England161:3,482,379114,324
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150

Westnutt Last Name Facts

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

The surname Westnutt occurs more in England more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Westnutt? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,957,383rd most prevalent last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The surname Westnutt occurs mostly in Europe, where 64 percent of Westnutt live; 64 percent live in Northern Europe and 64 percent live in British Isles.

Westnutt is most numerous in England, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 3,482,379. In England Westnutt is most common in: West Yorkshire, where 81 percent reside, Essex, where 6 percent reside and Cumbria, where 6 percent reside. Apart from England it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 32 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 4 percent reside.

Westnutt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Westnutt has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Westnutt surname grew 267 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Westnut930/
Westnott8833/
Westnot800/
Whistnut752/
Whistnaut710/
Vetnott672/
Wetinnou632/
Waistnot630/
Witnu6212/
Betnou5733/
Vistnu575/
Vietnu571/
Vishtnu531/
Witennou501/
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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 Westnutt
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