Whispell Surname

990,978th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 259 people bear this surname

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

Whispell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whispell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2581:1,404,88096,935
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States421:1,195,68367,545

Whispell Last Name Facts

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

The last name Whispell is found most in The United States. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Whispell? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 990,978th most frequent family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 28,137,243 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 80 percent of Whispell live; 80 percent live in North America and 80 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most common in The United States, where it is held by 258 people, or 1 in 1,404,880. In The United States Whispell is most numerous in: New York, where 30 percent are found, Pennsylvania, where 24 percent are found and Florida, where 6 percent are found. Other than The United States this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Canada, where 0 percent are found.

Whispell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Whispell has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Whispell surname increased 614 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Whispell Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Whispell last name are 5.61% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 52.38% being registered to vote for the party.

Whispell earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.94% less than the national average, earning $41,881 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whispel9329/
Wispell9312/
Whipell930/
Whippell880/
Wispel8681/
Wipell864/
Whipel860/
Wippell80125/
Whippel8018/
Wispeld801/
Wipel774/
Wispl772/
Wippel712,836/
Wespel71221/
Wipfel7157/
Waipel7113/
Whippl715/
Wiepel715/
Wišpel711/
Bispel711/
Vispoel67377/
Beispel6722/
Woipele673/
Wipl671/
Weishpl671/
Whipplp671/
Whippil671/
Wipfelt670/

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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 Whispell
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