Whisk Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Whisk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 20 | 1:1,218,768 | 44,985 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Whisk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Whisk Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Whisk occurs most in Zimbabwe. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Whisk.
How Common Is The Last Name Whisk? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,360,413th most commonly held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname 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.
This last name is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 2,205,463. In Zimbabwe Whisk is most prevalent in: Mashonaland East Province, where 86 percent reside and Harare Province, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 22 percent reside.
Whisk Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Whisk has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiske | 91 | 11 | / |
| Wisk | 89 | 599 | / |
| Wiske | 80 | 302 | / |
| Wisck | 80 | 185 | / |
| Wiszk | 80 | 22 | / |
| Wiesk | 80 | 3 | / |
| Huisk | 80 | 3 | / |
| Waisk | 80 | 0 | / |
| Widsk | 80 | 0 | / |
| Weiske | 73 | 1,956 | / |
| Wheesk | 73 | 56 | / |
| Wuiske | 73 | 42 | / |
| Woiske | 73 | 31 | / |
| Wiskås | 73 | 8 | / |
| Wehske | 73 | 4 | / |
| Weisek | 73 | 3 | / |
| Waiske | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wiscke | 73 | 1 | / |
| Woisek | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wysk | 67 | 704 | / |
| Visk | 67 | 241 | / |
| Wusk | 67 | 137 | / |
| Wischke | 67 | 65 | / |
| Uisk | 67 | 44 | / |
| Weisske | 67 | 31 | / |
| Waishek | 67 | 26 | / |
| Woishek | 67 | 12 | / |
| Wisc | 67 | 10 | / |
| Wizk | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wjsk | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wixk | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wesk | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wisx | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weiscke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whichke | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis