Wheston Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Wheston Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 38 | 1:1,466,265 | 63,675 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 27 | 1:902,791 | 38,028 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 21 | 1:2,391,366 | 115,093 |
Wheston Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wheston Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wheston is more frequently found in England than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wheston? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,944,094th most frequent last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 91 percent of Wheston live; 91 percent live in Northern Europe and 91 percent live in British Isles.
The last name is most prevalent in England, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 1,466,265. In England Wheston is most common in: Cornwall, where 29 percent reside, Norfolk, where 16 percent reside and Suffolk, where 13 percent reside. Barring England it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Ireland, where 5 percent reside and The United States, where 5 percent reside.
Wheston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wheston has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Wheston last name expanded 141 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 90 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Wheston
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