Wilcomb Surname

1,305,105th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 173 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Wilcomb Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wilcomb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1701:2,132,111135,040
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States781:643,82942,510

Wilcomb Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wilcomb Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Wilcomb is most common in The United States. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wilcomb? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,305,105th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 42,124,543 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 92 percent of Wilcomb are found; 92 percent are found in North America and 92 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 170 people, or 1 in 2,132,111. In The United States Wilcomb is most frequent in: California, where 17 percent are found, Texas, where 14 percent are found and Idaho, where 11 percent are found. Apart from The United States this surname exists in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 2 percent are found.

Wilcomb Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wilcomb has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wilcomb surname expanded 218 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wilcomb Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Wilcomb are 13.7% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.47% registered with the party.

Wilcomb earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.67% more than the national average, earning $44,301 USD 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
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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 Wilcomb
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