Wilst Surname

1,907,068th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 95 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Wilst Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wilst Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France721:922,538106,020
Germany131:6,192,728213,814
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Wilst Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wilst is more commonly found in France than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Wilst click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wilst? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,907,068th most frequently occurring surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 76,711,010 people. The last name Wilst occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Wilst are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 76 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

This surname is most frequent in France, where it is carried by 72 people, or 1 in 922,538. In France it is most numerous in: Hauts-de-France, where 90 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 4 percent are found and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 1 percent are found. Besides France this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 14 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 6 percent are found.

Wilst Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wilst has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wilst surname contracted 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wilste914/
Wilest912/
Welst8023/
Wülst801/
Welsts730/
Welest730/
Wlsd675/
Wlct671/
Vlst671/
Blest60570/
Velst6018/
Blsth601/
Bilxt600/
Belst600/
Welcht552/
Welcth551/
Vilcht551/
Bellest5094/
Velshte501/
Welchht501/

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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 Wilst
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