Wheatstraw Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Wheatstraw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wheatstraw Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Wheatstraw Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wheatstraw is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wheatstraw? popularity and diffusion

Wheatstraw is the 7,593,402nd most widely held surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Wheatstraw reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 60,409,822. In The United States Wheatstraw is most frequent in: Texas, where 33 percent live, District of Columbia, where 17 percent live and Illinois, where 17 percent live.

Wheatstraw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wheatstraw has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wheatstraw last name rose 600 percent between 1880 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
Bastraw7121/
Westrow715/
Westrab711/
Westraub670/
Vastrow595/
Westrob592/
Vastrav591/
Westrof591/
Bastrow590/
Vastrova565/
Westroph560/
Weistroff5321/
Weystroff531/
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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 Wheatstraw
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