Wickersham Surname

124,163rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,673 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Wickersham Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wickersham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,5731:101,44411,244
Canada461:800,99162,809
England411:1,358,97760,528
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8631:58,1916,462

Wickersham (11) may also be a first name.

Wickersham Last Name Facts

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

Wickersham occurs most in The United States. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wickersham? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 124,163rd most widespread surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,984,085 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 87 percent of Wickersham are found; 86 percent are found in North America and 86 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Wickersham is also the 3,487,849th most frequently held given name at a global level, held by 11 people.

The surname Wickersham is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 3,573 people, or 1 in 101,444. In The United States Wickersham is most prevalent in: Texas, where 11 percent reside, Washington, where 6 percent reside and Ohio, where 6 percent reside. Other than The United States this last name exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Wickersham Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wickersham has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 414 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 342 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wickersham Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Wickersham are 21.92% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 68.69% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Wickersham earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 11.24% more than the national average, earning $48,001 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.83% less than the national average, earning $49,271 CAD per year.

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Wickersham Reference & Research

Wickham DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Wickham 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 Wickersham
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