Wimbs Surname

889,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 302 people bear this surname

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

Wimbs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wimbs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2851:1,271,78689,511
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
England61:9,286,343223,652
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland151:295,32411,912
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

Wimbs Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wimbs is most common in The United States. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wimbs? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 889,654th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 24,130,947 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 89 percent of Wimbs are found; 89 percent are found in North America and 89 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname Wimbs is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 285 people, or 1 in 1,271,786. In The United States it is most frequent in: Alabama, where 14 percent reside, Tennessee, where 13 percent reside and Pennsylvania, where 12 percent reside. Outside of The United States it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 4 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.

Wimbs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wimbs has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wimbs surname rose 1,676 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 600 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wimbs Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Wimbs last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Wimbs surname are 0.22000000000001% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 53.45% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Wimbs earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 7.75% less than the national average, earning $39,803 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.98% less than the national average, earning $46,217 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weimbs91200/
Whimbs910/
Wimb89226/
Wymbs80444/
Waimb8085/
Weimb802/
Wumbs801/
Bimbs800/
Wimps800/
Wmb7516/
Whymbs730/
Wimp67413/
Wemb6785/
Bimb6751/
Vimb6740/
Waimfse674/
Hwmb671/
Wymb671/
Wmbp671/
Wmbh671/
Wmbc671/
Waaimbd671/

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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
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  • 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 Wimbs
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