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 is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Whishant? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,968,613th most frequent last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Whishant reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
The surname Whishant is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States it is most common in: Washington, where 50 percent reside, North Carolina, where 25 percent reside and South Carolina, where 25 percent reside.
Whishant Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Whishant has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Whishant surname increased 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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