Which Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Which Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Which (15) may also be a first name.
Which Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Which Come From? nationality or country of origin
Which (Arabic: هيش) is more commonly found in England than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Which? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,063,924th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Which is primarily found in Asia, where 40 percent of Which reside; 30 percent reside in South Asia and 20 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,900,335th most widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 15 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in England, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 27,859,030. In England it is primarily found in: Suffolk, where 50 percent reside and East Sussex, where 50 percent reside. Apart from England Which occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in India, where 20 percent reside and Russia, where 20 percent reside.
Which Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Which has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Which surname fell 67 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Which Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Which in the Arabic language | ||
| هيش | hysh | - |
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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 Which
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