Wilsner Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Wilsner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wilsner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia241:183,68912,460
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Wilsner (12) may also be a first name.

Wilsner Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wilsner occurs most in Liberia. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wilsner? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,543,123rd most commonly used surname on earth, held by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 77 percent of Wilsner reside; 77 percent reside in West Africa and 77 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used given name world-wide, borne by 12 people.

The surname Wilsner is most commonly occurring in Liberia, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 183,689. In Liberia Wilsner is primarily concentrated in: Maryland County, where 96 percent are found and Montserrado County, where 4 percent are found. Without taking into account Liberia this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 10 percent are found and Canada, where 3 percent are found.

Wilsner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wilsner has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wilsner last name decreased 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Willsner931/
Wlsner921/
Welsner8629/
Vilsner863/
Welshner801/
Blsner770/
Belsner71138/
Völsner718/
Blesner713/
Welsnerová711/
Welchner6797/
Blessner6753/
Belssner6722/
Belshner671/
Belzner57753/
Belßner5717/
Bölzner578/
Bleßner574/
Völchner5329/
Bellzner530/

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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 Wilsner
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