Wimp Surname

709,895th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 413 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Wimp Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wimp Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3481:1,041,54976,349
Papua New Guinea621:131,51218,033
England21:27,859,030389,889
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1001:502,18735,305

Wimp (36) may also be a first name.

Wimp Last Name Facts

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

Wimp occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wimp? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 709,895th most common family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 17,645,390 people. The last name Wimp is mostly found in The Americas, where 85 percent of Wimp live; 85 percent live in North America and 85 percent live in Anglo-North America. Wimp is also the 1,717,090th most frequent given name throughout the world It is held by 36 people.

The surname Wimp is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 348 people, or 1 in 1,041,549. In The United States it is mostly found in: Kentucky, where 16 percent are found, Kansas, where 14 percent are found and Texas, where 12 percent are found. Aside from The United States this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Wimp Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wimp has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wimp surname increased 348 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wimp Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wimp surname are 19.45% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 66.22% registered to vote for the political party.

Wimp earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.09% less than the national average, earning $40,523 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whimp89257/
Waimp8925/
Wimpe8910/
Wimpf890/
Wmp8675/
Waimpt800/
Wimb75226/
Wemp75212/
Winp754/
Vimp751/
Bimp751/
Vwmp751/
Wmbp751/
Wump751/
Wempe671,546/
Wimbs67302/
Waimb6785/
Winpe6734/
Weimb672/
Whmpf671/
Wemps671/
Vimph671/
Baimp671/
Wempf670/
Weamp670/

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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 Wimp
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