Whilson Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Whilson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10 | 1:2,437,537 | 68,340 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 26 | 1:1,931,488 | 97,398 |
Whilson (112) may also be a first name.
Whilson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Whilson Come From? nationality or country of origin
Whilson (Marathi: हीलसन) is found in Russia more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Whilson? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,360,413th most commonly occurring last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 56 percent of Whilson are found; 44 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 44 percent are found in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 885,979th most frequently occurring given name world-wide It is held by 112 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Russia, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 48,041,019. In Russia it is mostly concentrated in: Saint Petersburg, where 67 percent are found and Moscow, where 33 percent are found. Aside from Russia this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Belarus, where 11 percent are found and Benin, where 11 percent are found.
Whilson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Whilson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Whilson surname decreased 96 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Whilson Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Whilson in the Marathi language | ||
| हीलसन | hilasana | - |
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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 Whilson
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