Wigner Surname
Approximately 499 people bear this surname
Wigner Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 342 | 1:1,059,821 | 77,412 |
| Brazil | 67 | 1:3,195,139 | 92,032 |
| Hungary | 21 | 1:467,442 | 30,347 |
| Poland | 14 | 1:2,714,911 | 112,031 |
| Spain | 11 | 1:4,250,185 | 75,241 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 145 | 1:346,336 | 26,593 |
The alternate forms: Wignér (2) are calculated separately.
Wigner (472) may also be a first name.
Wigner Demographics
Average Wigner Salary in
United States
$43,083 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wigner Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wigner Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wigner is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as: Wignér. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wigner? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wigner is the 617,057th most widely held family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 14,604,300 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 80 percent of Wigner live; 66 percent live in North America and 66 percent live in Anglo-North America. Wigner is also the 391,811th most common forename in the world It is held by 472 people.
The surname Wigner is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 342 people, or 1 in 1,059,821. In The United States Wigner is most common in: Michigan, where 13 percent reside, Indiana, where 11 percent reside and Florida, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States Wigner exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 13 percent reside and Hungary, where 4 percent reside.
Wigner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wigner has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wigner last name rose 236 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 129 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wigner Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Wigner surname are 21.72% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 68.49% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Wigner earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 0.15% less than the national average, earning $43,083 USD per year and in Canada they earn 46.82% more than the national average, earning $72,944 CAD per year.
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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 Wigner
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