Whanstall Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Whanstall Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whanstall Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:4,643,172139,951
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England221:1,107,97142,566

Whanstall Last Name Facts

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

The last name Whanstall is found in England more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Whanstall? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,057,639th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 80 percent of Whanstall are found; 80 percent are found in Northern Europe and 80 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name Whanstall is most common in England, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 4,643,172. In England it is primarily concentrated in: Lincolnshire, where 83 percent live, Devon, where 8 percent live and Gloucestershire, where 8 percent live. Apart from England this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 13 percent live and Brazil, where 7 percent live.

Whanstall Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Whanstall has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname decreased 45 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wanstall941,032/
Wanstal881/
Wanstoll824/
Wanstale820/
Wamstall820/
Vanstalle78196/
Wainstoll780/
Wounstall780/
Wanstol75390/
Vanstaal711/
Vonstall710/
Wamstol63753/
Banstol6378/
Vanstol631/
Vonstoll592/
Weinsteil561/

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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 Whanstall
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