Wicomb Surname
Approximately 612 people bear this surname
Wicomb Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 602 | 1:89,996 | 11,027 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Wicomb Demographics
Average Wicomb Salary in
South Africa
R 267,708
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Wicomb Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wicomb Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wicomb is found most in South Africa. It may appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Wicomb.
How Common Is The Last Name Wicomb? popularity and diffusion
It is the 528,890th most common family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 11,907,755 people. The last name Wicomb occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Wicomb are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 602 people, or 1 in 89,996. In South Africa Wicomb is mostly found in: Western Cape, where 75 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 17 percent live and Gauteng, where 5 percent live. Outside of South Africa it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and Australia, where 0 percent live.
Wicomb Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wicomb has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wicomb surname rose 700 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wicomb Last Name Statistics demography
Wicomb earn somewhat more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 12.65% more than the national average, earning R 267,708 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Witcomb | 92 | 741 | / |
| Wiscomb | 92 | 142 | / |
| Whicomb | 92 | 1 | / |
| Wiccomb | 92 | 0 | / |
| Wickomb | 92 | 0 | / |
| Widcomb | 92 | 0 | / |
| Whitcomb | 86 | 11,386 | / |
| Wittcomb | 86 | 76 | / |
| Waitcomb | 86 | 3 | / |
| Withcomb | 86 | 1 | / |
| Weitcomb | 86 | 0 | / |
| Weiscomb | 86 | 0 | / |
| Wicamb | 83 | 2 | / |
| Wycomb | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wisomb | 83 | 1 | / |
| Whitchomb | 80 | 1 | / |
| Whitconmb | 80 | 1 | / |
| Whitcombs | 80 | 0 | / |
| Whittcomb | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wiscamb | 77 | 12 | / |
| Waycomb | 77 | 10 | / |
| Wytcomb | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wiscumb | 77 | 1 | / |
| Whitcumb | 71 | 2 | / |
| Whitxomb | 71 | 1 | / |
| Whitcomp | 71 | 1 | / |
| Whitconb | 71 | 0 | / |
| Whetcomb | 71 | 0 | / |
| Whitcamb | 71 | 0 | / |
| Bikomb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Becomb | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Wicomb
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