Wighan Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Wighan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10 | 1:2,437,537 | 68,340 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Wighan Demographics
Wighan Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Wighan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wighan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wighan is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wighan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Wighan is mostly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Wighan live; 50 percent live in Central Africa and 50 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 100 percent reside. Besides Cameroon this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 25 percent reside and Scotland, where 25 percent reside.
Wighan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wighan has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Wighan last name contracted 90 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wighan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
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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 Wighan
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