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.

DNA test information

Wilsner Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
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 in Liberia more than any other country/territory. 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 last name is the 3,543,123rd most commonly held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. Wilsner is mostly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Wilsner reside; 77 percent reside in West Africa and 77 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Wilsner is also the 3,306,491st most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 12 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Liberia, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 183,689. In Liberia Wilsner is primarily found in: Maryland County, where 96 percent live and Montserrado County, where 4 percent live. Barring Liberia it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 10 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.

Wilsner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wilsner has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wilsner last name declined 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
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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