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

The last name Whiffing occurs most in England. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Whiffing? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,967,751st most frequently held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 80,972,732 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 62 percent of Whiffing are found; 62 percent are found in Northern Europe and 62 percent are found in British Isles.

The surname is most frequently occurring in England, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 1,013,056. In England it is most common in: Tyne and Wear, where 29 percent live, Essex, where 16 percent live and Hampshire, where 13 percent live. Apart from England this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 21 percent live and Canada, where 14 percent live.

Whiffing Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Whiffing has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname expanded 177 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 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