Wilensky Surname

186,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,276 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Wilensky Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wilensky Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3401:270,49225,389
Israel7831:10,9291,675
South Africa631:859,96456,669
Argentina411:1,042,52264,438
Canada331:1,116,53381,834
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Wilensky (13) may also be a first name.

Wilensky Last Name Facts

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

Wilensky occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wilensky? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 186,108th most frequently held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,201,909 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 62 percent of Wilensky reside; 60 percent reside in North America and 60 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequent first name on earth It is held by 13 people.

Wilensky is most common in The United States, where it is held by 1,340 people, or 1 in 270,492. In The United States Wilensky is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 18 percent are found, Florida, where 15 percent are found and California, where 12 percent are found. Excluding The United States this last name exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 34 percent are found and South Africa, where 3 percent are found.

Wilensky Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wilensky surname are 1.85% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 51.38% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Wilensky earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 185.89% more than the national average, earning R 679,380 per year; in United States they earn 46.72% more than the national average, earning $63,309 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.04% more than the national average, earning $59,145 CAD per year.

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Wilensky Reference & Research

Wilensky FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

Wolinsky 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

  • 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 Wilensky
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis