Widseth Surname

1,860,621st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 99 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Widseth Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Widseth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States941:3,855,946211,262
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Widseth Last Name Facts

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

The last name Widseth is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Widseth? popularity and diffusion

Widseth is the 1,860,621st most commonly held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 73,611,575 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 91 percent of Widseth reside; 91 percent reside in North America and 91 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname Widseth is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 94 people, or 1 in 3,855,946. In The United States Widseth is most frequent in: Minnesota, where 52 percent live, Montana, where 11 percent live and Washington, where 9 percent live. Beside The United States this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 4 percent live and Thailand, where 1 percent live.

Widseth Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Widseth surname are 21.98% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 68.75% registered with the party.

Widseth earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 35.72% more than the national average, earning $58,562 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wizseth861/
Whidsett800/
Whitseth800/
Wedset776/
Wiscet771/
Wudset771/
Witset770/
Widsed770/
Whitset7115/
Witsett712/
Wicheth711/
Whitsett672,749/
Whittset674/
Whitseit674/
Weitsett671/
Whitsetp671/
Withsett671/
Wojcieth671/
Witsiete671/
Wittsett670/

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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 Widseth
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