Wilfen Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Wilfen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 31 | 1:142,211 | 10,418 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Wilfen (78) may also be a first name.
Wilfen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wilfen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wilfen has its highest incidence in Liberia. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wilfen? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,432,070th most numerous family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. Wilfen occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Wilfen reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Wilfen is also the 1,091,646th most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 78 people.
This surname is most widespread in Liberia, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 142,211. In Liberia it is primarily found in: Nimba County, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Liberia it is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Wilfen
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