Wijst Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Wijst Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 66 | 1:255,866 | 32,556 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Wijst Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wijst Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wijst is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wijst? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,255,512th most commonly held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 102,641,492 people. The surname Wijst occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Wijst are found; 93 percent are found in Western Europe and 93 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
Wijst is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 66 people, or 1 in 255,866. In The Netherlands it is most common in: North Brabant, where 86 percent live, Limburg, where 9 percent live and Gelderland, where 2 percent live. Aside from The Netherlands this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 6 percent live and Russia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weijst | 91 | 6 | / |
| Wist | 89 | 2,226 | / |
| Wjst | 89 | 15 | / |
| Wiest | 80 | 11,402 | / |
| Weist | 80 | 4,046 | / |
| Wiste | 80 | 1,055 | / |
| Wisth | 80 | 383 | / |
| Wiszt | 80 | 136 | / |
| Wisst | 80 | 95 | / |
| Whist | 80 | 76 | / |
| Wizst | 80 | 12 | / |
| Bijst | 80 | 10 | / |
| Waist | 80 | 7 | / |
| Wisht | 80 | 3 | / |
| Wajst | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wjsth | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hwist | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wists | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wuist | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wieszt | 73 | 373 | / |
| Vuijst | 73 | 215 | / |
| Wischt | 73 | 96 | / |
| Weiste | 73 | 62 | / |
| Wiiest | 73 | 40 | / |
| Beijst | 73 | 23 | / |
| Waiste | 73 | 10 | / |
| Wisztt | 73 | 9 | / |
| Wejset | 73 | 7 | / |
| Weiszt | 73 | 4 | / |
| Wheist | 73 | 2 | / |
| Witstt | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wittst | 73 | 1 | / |
| Weisst | 73 | 0 | / |
| Waiest | 73 | 0 | / |
| Weiest | 73 | 0 | / |
| Weistt | 73 | 0 | / |
| Whists | 73 | 0 | / |
| Witste | 73 | 0 | / |
| Whiest | 73 | 0 | / |
| West | 67 | 409,029 | / |
| Bist | 67 | 9,297 | / |
| Vist | 67 | 1,307 | / |
| Weiseth | 67 | 342 | / |
| Weisæth | 67 | 53 | / |
| Wißt | 67 | 28 | / |
| Wyst | 67 | 23 | / |
| Wäst | 67 | 22 | / |
| Uist | 67 | 6 | / |
| Wioiast | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wistová | 67 | 2 | / |
| Weishet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wiggest | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wizt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wisd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wixt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wèst | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vjst | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whistte | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Wijst
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