Whishant Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Whishant Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Whishant Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Whishant Come From? nationality or country of origin
Whishant occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Whishant.
How Common Is The Last Name Whishant? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,968,613th most numerous surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Whishant are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 100 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
The surname Whishant is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Washington, where 50 percent are found, North Carolina, where 25 percent are found and South Carolina, where 25 percent are found.
Whishant Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Whishant has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Whishant surname rose 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Whishant
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