Wilkison Surname

254,976th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,548 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Wilkison Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wilkison Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,4631:247,75023,595
Canada581:635,26952,014
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
England51:11,143,612252,590
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland81:553,73317,655
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland521:71,9854,169
England481:507,82027,631
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9821:51,1395,791

Wilkison (280) may also be a first name.

Wilkison Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wilkison is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wilkison? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wilkison is the 254,976th most commonly held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 4,707,717 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 89 percent of Wilkison reside; 88 percent reside in North America and 88 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Wilkison is also the 530,161st most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 280 people.

This last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 1,463 people, or 1 in 247,750. In The United States it is primarily found in: Texas, where 8 percent reside, Florida, where 8 percent reside and Indiana, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States it exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 4 percent reside and Australia, where 0 percent reside.

Wilkison Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wilkison has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wilkison last name rose 149 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it decreased 90 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 87 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Wilkison Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Presbyterian (75%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Wilkison surname are 14.38% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 61.15% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Wilkison earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 7.42% more than the national average, earning $46,350 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.47% more than the national average, earning $54,886 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
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  • 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 Wilkison
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