Whisk Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Whisk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whisk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe71:2,205,46397,905
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England201:1,218,76844,985
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Whisk Last Name Facts

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

The last name Whisk is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Whisk? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,360,413th most frequent surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 78 percent of Whisk reside; 78 percent reside in Southern Africa and 78 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Whisk is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 2,205,463. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Mashonaland East Province, where 86 percent are found and Harare Province, where 14 percent are found. Other than Zimbabwe this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 22 percent are found.

Whisk Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Whisk has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Whisk surname contracted 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whiske9111/
Wisk89599/
Wiske80302/
Wisck80185/
Wiszk8022/
Wiesk803/
Huisk803/
Waisk800/
Widsk800/
Weiske731,956/
Wheesk7356/
Wuiske7342/
Woiske7331/
Wiskås738/
Wehske734/
Weisek733/
Waiske732/
Wiscke731/
Woisek731/
Wysk67704/
Visk67241/
Wusk67137/
Wischke6765/
Uisk6744/
Weisske6731/
Waishek6726/
Woishek6712/
Wisc6710/
Wizk673/
Wjsk672/
Wixk672/
Wesk672/
Wisx671/
Weiscke671/
Whichke670/

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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 Whisk
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