Whitefish Surname

1,422,956th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 152 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Whitefish Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whitefish Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada1101:334,96030,494
Iran231:3,338,37197,100
United States171:21,321,114641,998
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Whitefish Last Name Facts

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

The surname Whitefish is found most frequently in Canada. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Whitefish.

How Common Is The Last Name Whitefish? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,422,956th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 47,944,381 people. Whitefish is primarily found in The Americas, where 84 percent of Whitefish reside; 84 percent reside in North America and 84 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Canada, where it is borne by 110 people, or 1 in 334,960. In Canada it is mostly concentrated in: British Columbia, where 42 percent live, Alberta, where 27 percent live and Saskatchewan, where 24 percent live. Excluding Canada this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 15 percent live and The United States, where 11 percent live.

Whitefish Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Whitefish earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 64.95% less than the national average, earning $15,125 USD per year and in Canada they earn 37.56% less than the national average, earning $31,022 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whitefidd781/
Whitefhead741/
Bütefisch6776/
Bithefi631/
Westefehr566/
Vitefa5318/
Witifa537/
Vitefe531/
Beatifisch530/
Vitifeh501/

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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 Whitefish
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