Whisnant Surname

119,762nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,835 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Liberia

Whisnant Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whisnant Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,7061:97,80310,903
Liberia1151:38,3353,545
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Belize21:177,7373,502
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1921:261,55621,457

Whisnant Last Name Facts

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

The surname Whisnant is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Whisnant? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 119,762nd most commonly used family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,900,273 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 91 percent of Whisnant live; 91 percent live in North America and 91 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Whisnant is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 3,706 people, or 1 in 97,803. In The United States Whisnant is mostly found in: North Carolina, where 48 percent are found, Georgia, where 11 percent are found and South Carolina, where 6 percent are found. Excluding The United States it exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 3 percent are found and Mexico, where 0 percent are found.

Whisnant Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Whisnant has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Whisnant surname grew 1,930 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Whisnant Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Whisnant surname are 35.4% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 82.17% registered with the political party.

Whisnant earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 8.43% less than the national average, earning $39,510 USD per year.

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Whisnant Reference & Research

Whisenhunt DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Whisenhunt FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Whisnant
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