Whisonant Surname

546,987th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 585 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Whisonant Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whisonant Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5831:621,71350,239
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States911:551,85437,927

Whisonant Last Name Facts

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

Whisonant is found most in The United States. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Whisonant? popularity and diffusion

It is the 546,987th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 12,457,343 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Whisonant live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Whisonant is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 583 people, or 1 in 621,713. In The United States Whisonant is most common in: South Carolina, where 23 percent live, Alabama, where 14 percent live and Maryland, where 12 percent live. Beside The United States it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in El Salvador, where 0 percent live and Germany, where 0 percent live.

Whisonant Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Whisonant has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Whisonant last name rose 641 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Whisonant Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Whisonant surname are 16.62% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 63.39% being registered with the party.

Whisonant earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.5% less than the national average, earning $39,914 USD per year.

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Whisonant 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 Whisonant
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis