Whistlecraft Surname

2,034,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 85 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Whistlecraft Surname Definition:

From the German, Wesselhöft; a location name and personal name.

Whistlecraft Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England701:795,97243,050
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England521:468,75726,382

Whistlecraft Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From the German, Wesselhöft; a location name and personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Whistlecraft Last Name Facts

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

The surname Whistlecraft is carried by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Whistlecraft? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,034,059th most frequent last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 85,735,834 people. Whistlecraft is mostly found in Europe, where 82 percent of Whistlecraft live; 82 percent live in Northern Europe and 82 percent live in British Isles.

This last name is most commonly occurring in England, where it is borne by 70 people, or 1 in 795,972. In England Whistlecraft is most common in: Suffolk, where 39 percent are found, Greater London, where 14 percent are found and Hampshire, where 13 percent are found. Excluding England this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Canada, where 18 percent are found.

Whistlecraft Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Whistlecraft has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Whistlecraft surname increased 135 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Whistlecraft Last Name Statistics demography

Whistlecraft earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 6.6% less than the national average, earning $46,402 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whistlecroft9250/
Wistlecroft871/

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Footnotes

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