Whiffing Surname

1,967,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 90 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Whiffing Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whiffing Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England551:1,013,05650,089
United States191:19,076,786604,894
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England311:786,30235,304
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Whiffing Last Name Facts

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

Whiffing is borne by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Whiffing? popularity and diffusion

The surname Whiffing is the 1,967,751st most prevalent surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 62 percent of Whiffing live; 62 percent live in Northern Europe and 62 percent live in British Isles.

The last name Whiffing is most commonly occurring in England, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 1,013,056. In England Whiffing is most numerous in: Tyne and Wear, where 29 percent are found, Essex, where 16 percent are found and Hampshire, where 13 percent are found. Aside from England it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 21 percent are found and Canada, where 14 percent are found.

Whiffing Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Whiffing has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Whiffing last name increased 177 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 238 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Whiffing Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Whiffing earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 32.55% less than the national average, earning $29,104 USD per year and in Canada they earn 62.92% more than the national average, earning $80,943 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whiffin931,109/
Whifing930/
Wiffing930/
Whitfing881/
Wiffin86223/
Whifin861/
Whiffen801,760/
Wuffing8011/
Whiffim801/
Wiffink801/
Weffing800/
Wifin774/
Wehefing752/
Wiffen711,921/
Biffin71704/
Wefing71201/
Viffin7140/
Waifin715/
Whifen711/
Ueffing67712/
Weiffen67217/
Weifeng6763/
Huifeng6750/
Boiffin6731/
Büffing678/
Wuefing672/
Wifn671/
Wifffen671/
Whiffem671/
Wuiffen671/
Wheffen670/

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Whiffing Reference & Research

Whiffing One-name Study - A profile of the Whiffing surname with contact details for a researcher who collects any information pertaining to it.

Whiffen FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Whiffing
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis