Wiik Surname
Approximately 4,856 people bear this surname
Wiik Surname User-submission:
The Wiik surname means 'someone who lives at an outlying settlement'.
Wiik Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 2,692 | 1:1,910 | 157 |
| Sweden | 890 | 1:11,064 | 969 |
| Finland | 773 | 1:7,111 | 1,112 |
| United States | 251 | 1:1,444,059 | 99,074 |
| Denmark | 110 | 1:51,316 | 5,275 |
| Canada | 29 | 1:1,270,538 | 90,455 |
| France | 23 | 1:2,887,944 | 200,772 |
| Brazil | 20 | 1:10,703,717 | 220,519 |
| Australia | 14 | 1:1,928,264 | 88,951 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
Wiik Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Wiik surname means 'someone who lives at an outlying settlement'.
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Wiik Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wiik Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wiik occurs most in Norway. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wiik? popularity and diffusion
Wiik is the 97,705th most commonly used surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,500,730 people. Wiik occurs mostly in Europe, where 93 percent of Wiik live; 92 percent live in Northern Europe and 92 percent live in Scandinavia.
Wiik is most frequently used in Norway, where it is held by 2,692 people, or 1 in 1,910. In Norway Wiik is most prevalent in: Eastern Norway, where 46 percent reside, Western Norway, where 31 percent reside and Northern Norway, where 16 percent reside. Not including Norway this surname is found in 31 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 18 percent reside and Finland, where 16 percent reside.
Wiik Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wiik has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wiik last name expanded 1,476 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wiik Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Wiik surname are 29.59% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 76.36% being registered with the political party.
The amount Wiik earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 0.02% less than the national average, earning 346,013 kr per year; in United States they earn 27.91% more than the national average, earning $55,194 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.65% less than the national average, earning $43,400 CAD per year.
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Wiik Reference & Research
Wick DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Wick FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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