Wigent Surname

643,972nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 471 people bear this surname

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

Wigent Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wigent Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4691:772,83460,026
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States611:823,25750,999

Wigent Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wigent is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wigent? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 643,972nd most common last name globally It is held by around 1 in 15,472,497 people. The last name Wigent occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Wigent reside; 97 percent reside in North America and 97 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name Wigent is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 469 people, or 1 in 772,834. In The United States it is most common in: Michigan, where 35 percent are found, Indiana, where 18 percent are found and New York, where 10 percent are found. Aside from The United States this surname exists in one country. It is also common in The Philippines, where 0 percent are found.

Wigent Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wigent has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wigent surname rose 769 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wigent Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wigent surname are 39.63% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 86.4% being registered to vote for the party.

Wigent earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.2% less than the national average, earning $42,200 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weigent9216/
Wiegent921/
Wigents921/
Wignt911/
Waingent861/
Vigent8354/
Wegent8316/
Wizent837/
Wigend833/
Bigent832/
Wygent831/
Wiesnt830/
Baigent771,841/
Weigend77509/
Wiesent77126/
Weisent7784/
Wegendt7763/
Vigente7759/
Wiegend778/
Veigent775/
Wijendt771/
Vigaent771/
Whisent771/
Weagent771/
Wiggend770/
Wygnt730/
Wiesendt7123/
Baigient710/
Wiggints710/
Vicent6754,786/
Visent67652/
Begent67249/
Vijent67103/
Wegend6724/
Vizent6718/
Vegent678/
Wisend674/
Wiegnd673/
Vigentová672/
Uisent671/
Wijint671/
Wesent671/
Wigind671/
Voignt671/
Wighnd671/
Vugent671/
Wegint670/
Wicend670/

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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
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  • 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 Wigent
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