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 occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as: Wignér. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wigner? popularity and diffusion
It is the 617,057th most widespread family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 14,604,300 people. This 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 commonly occurring first name throughout the world, held by 472 people.
This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 342 people, or 1 in 1,059,821. In The United States Wigner is mostly found in: Michigan, where 13 percent are found, Indiana, where 11 percent are found and Florida, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this surname occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 13 percent are found and Hungary, where 4 percent are found.
Wigner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wigner has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wigner last name grew 236 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 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% being registered with 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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