Whild Surname

1,491,356th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 141 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Whild Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whild Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England871:640,43737,483
Australia251:1,079,82861,253
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
Wales91:343,83718,086
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
France11:66,422,722504,397
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England621:393,15123,809
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Whild Last Name Facts

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

The last name Whild occurs in England more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Whild? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,491,356th most commonly occurring surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 51,684,723 people. The last name Whild occurs predominantly in Europe, where 69 percent of Whild are found; 68 percent are found in Northern Europe and 68 percent are found in British Isles.

This surname is most commonly occurring in England, where it is borne by 87 people, or 1 in 640,437. In England Whild is primarily found in: West Midlands, where 36 percent live, Dorset, where 23 percent live and Nottinghamshire, where 11 percent live. Not including England it exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 18 percent live and New Zealand, where 9 percent live.

Whild Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Whild has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Whild surname increased 140 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whilds914/
Wild8969,892/
Whitled831/
Whildth830/
Wildt803,650/
Waild80226/
Weild80200/
Whyld80133/
Whilt8025/
Willd8020/
Wildh805/
Wiltd802/
Wildd800/
Whittled770/
Wailed7350/
Willed7323/
Whilte739/
Weilds736/
Willdt732/
Wildte732/
Wuiled731/
Wuilds731/
Whylds731/
Weildt731/
Whiltz731/
Whichelld711/
Wilt6711,381/
Weld672,688/
Wyld671,832/
Willhed6736/
Wuld675/
Whiltås672/
Whillte671/
Whitelt671/
Whitlet670/

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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 Whild
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