Wilifred Surname

1,478,479th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 143 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Wilifred Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wilifred Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania771:687,55339,898
Nigeria491:3,615,158105,602
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Wilifred (300) may also be a first name.

Wilifred Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wilifred is found most in Tanzania. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wilifred? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wilifred is the 1,478,479th most frequently used last name on earth, held by around 1 in 50,961,860 people. The last name Wilifred occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Wilifred are found; 57 percent are found in East Africa and 54 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 508,767th most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 300 people.

The surname Wilifred is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is carried by 77 people, or 1 in 687,553. In Tanzania Wilifred is primarily found in: Arusha Region, where 84 percent live, Kigoma Region, where 5 percent live and Singida Region, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 34 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Willifred94141/
Wilifread941/
Wilyfred888/
Wilifrid881/
Welifred881/
Wilefred881/
Willifrid829/
Willefred821/
Wiledfred821/
Williferd820/
Willeferd710/
Willefert59396/
Vilephred591/

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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 Wilifred
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