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 occurs in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wilfen? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wilfen is the 3,432,070th most commonly held family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. The last name is predominantly found 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 commonly held forename throughout the world. It is borne by 78 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Liberia, where it is held by 31 people, or 1 in 142,211. In Liberia it is most common in: Nimba County, where 100 percent live. Barring Liberia this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent live.
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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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