Wilison Surname
Approximately 2,175 people bear this surname
Wilison Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,980 | 1:26,738 | 3,233 |
| United States | 75 | 1:4,832,786 | 249,377 |
| Papua New Guinea | 36 | 1:226,492 | 31,172 |
| Nigeria | 33 | 1:5,367,962 | 136,856 |
| Liberia | 14 | 1:314,895 | 17,893 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 143 | 1:351,180 | 26,857 |
Wilison (3,726) may also be a first name.
Wilison Demographics
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Wilison Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wilison Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wilison is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wilison? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wilison is the 193,388th most frequently held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 3,350,596 people. The surname Wilison is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Wilison reside; 91 percent reside in East Africa and 91 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Wilison is also the 115,361st most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 3,726 people.
Wilison is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,980 people, or 1 in 26,738. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Kagera Region, where 33 percent reside, Kigoma Region, where 12 percent reside and Songwe Region, where 12 percent reside. Beside Tanzania Wilison occurs in 19 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent reside.
Wilison Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wilison has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wilison surname decreased 48 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 200 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wilison Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Wilison surname is predominantly Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Wilison surname are 25.96% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 72.73% being registered with the political party.
The amount Wilison earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 33.45% less than the national average, earning $28,717 USD per year and in Canada they earn 35.7% more than the national average, earning $67,418 CAD 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
- 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 Wilison
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