Wilsden Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

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

Wilsden Surname Definition:

( English) belonging to 1 Willesden (M’sex), the Domesday Welles- done. 10th cent. Willesdún-Wille's Hill [Old English dún, a hill] Wilshire, e.g., is the spelling in the late-16th-cent. transl. of Polyd. Vergil’s 'Hist. Angl.,’ bk. 1.

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Wilsden Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:36,245,893832,629
England91:6,190,895170,599
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1211:201,44915,997
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Wilsden Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

( English) belonging to 1 Willesden (M’sex), the Domesday Welles- done. 10th cent. Willesdún-Wille's Hill [Old English dún, a hill] Wilshire, e.g., is the spelling in the late-16th-cent. transl. of Polyd. Vergil’s 'Hist. Angl.,’ bk. 1.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Wilsden Last Name Facts

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

Wilsden is most common in The United States. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wilsden? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,427,875th most frequently occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Wilsden live; 50 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Wilsden is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 36,245,893. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Georgia, where 50 percent are found and North Carolina, where 50 percent are found. Apart from The United States this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 45 percent are found and New Zealand, where 5 percent are found.

Wilsden Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wilsden has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wilsden surname rose 167 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 93 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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