Wilsow Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Wilsow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wilsow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia101:440,85421,753
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973

Wilsow Last Name Facts

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

Wilsow is found most in Liberia. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wilsow? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,307,654th most commonly occurring family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 71 percent of Wilsow live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 48 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.

It is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 440,854. In Liberia it is mostly concentrated in: Montserrado County, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Liberia Wilsow is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 29 percent are found and Nigeria, where 24 percent are found.

Wilsow Last Name Statistics demography

Wilsow earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 64.15% less than the national average, earning $15,469 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wilesow922/
Welsow8311/
Wilcow832/
Wilsof831/
Bilsow831/
Wilshaw772,070/
Wellsow7736/
Wiljouw7718/
Wilchow7712/
Wielsaw771/
Willzow770/
Willshaw71406/
Wellssow7117/
Willsahw713/
Whilshaw710/
Wilshawe710/
Vilsov673/
Wilcof673/
Welzow672/
Wilcov672/
Wlshaw671/
Wilschova671/
Wlsoff671/
Bilsaw670/

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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 Wilsow
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