Wijstma Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Wijstma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 38 | 1:444,399 | 44,765 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
Wijstma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wijstma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wijstma occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Wijstma click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wijstma? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,055,934th most widespread last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Wijstma reside; 93 percent reside in Western Europe and 93 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
It is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 444,399. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: North Holland, where 97 percent live and Utrecht, where 3 percent live. Apart from The Netherlands this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent live and Norway, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wijtema | 86 | 12 | / |
| Witmah | 77 | 12 | / |
| Whitma | 77 | 3 | / |
| Wittma | 77 | 2 | / |
| Westma | 77 | 2 | / |
| Withma | 77 | 1 | / |
| Waitma | 77 | 1 | / |
| Westmas | 71 | 20 | / |
| Whitmas | 71 | 9 | / |
| Whitmaa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Whitmah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Woitema | 71 | 1 | / |
| Witmash | 71 | 0 | / |
| Wittmas | 71 | 0 | / |
| Whitmay | 71 | 0 | / |
| Westmaas | 67 | 846 | / |
| Vitma | 67 | 34 | / |
| Westmass | 67 | 11 | / |
| Whitmash | 67 | 7 | / |
| Westmead | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bitma | 67 | 2 | / |
| Witmo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whitmath | 67 | 0 | / |
| Woestmah | 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 Wijstma
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