Whyment Surname

924,083rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 286 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Whyment Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whyment Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2341:238,11119,599
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Scotland91:594,86921,724
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Wales71:442,07621,198
China21:683,660,78330,601
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England431:566,86929,432
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Whyment Last Name Facts

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

Whyment is held by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Whyment? popularity and diffusion

The last name Whyment is the 924,083rd most commonly occurring last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 25,480,930 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 88 percent of Whyment live; 88 percent live in Northern Europe and 87 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most widespread in England, where it is held by 234 people, or 1 in 238,111. In England Whyment is mostly concentrated in: Greater Manchester, where 37 percent live, Cheshire, where 10 percent live and Warwickshire, where 10 percent live. Besides England this surname occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.

Whyment Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Whyment has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Whyment surname grew 544 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 111 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Whyment Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Whyment earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 19.92% more than the national average, earning 415,029 kr per year; in United States they earn 47.42% less than the national average, earning $22,688 USD per year and in Canada they earn 51.05% more than the national average, earning $75,048 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wyment9225/
Wayment86812/
Weyment860/
Whisment800/
Byment771/
Wemente712/
Woiment711/
Bayment711/
Wemnt671/
Vehemente63121/
Bement622,051/
Viment6246/
Biment623/
Beament57606/
Bemment57145/
Voiment5792/
Vimente574/
Bemendt572/
Viments571/
Viement571/
Wememte571/
Beement570/
Vaitment531/
Voisment530/

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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 Whyment
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