Wiscombe Surname

436,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 787 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jersey

Wiscombe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wiscombe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4521:801,90061,806
Canada1571:234,68522,439
England1291:431,92329,000
Australia171:1,587,98278,599
Scotland151:356,92115,763
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Jersey31:33,0674,675
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England751:325,00521,260
Guernsey51:6,5311,136
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States311:1,619,95885,073

Wiscombe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wiscombe occurs most in The United States. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Wiscombe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wiscombe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 436,213th most frequent family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,259,906 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 78 percent of Wiscombe are found; 77 percent are found in North America and 77 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Wiscombe is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 452 people, or 1 in 801,900. In The United States Wiscombe is most common in: Utah, where 43 percent are found, Arizona, where 8 percent are found and Texas, where 7 percent are found. Outside of The United States this surname is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 20 percent are found and England, where 16 percent are found.

Wiscombe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wiscombe has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wiscombe last name increased 1,458 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 172 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wiscombe Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wiscombe surname are 33.38% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 80.15% registered with the party.

The amount Wiscombe earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 64.24% more than the national average, earning R 390,300 per year; in United States they earn 8.05% more than the national average, earning $46,622 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.45% less than the national average, earning $48,467 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whiscombe9419/
Wicombe9340/
Witcombe881,077/
Wescombe88618/
Biscombe88297/
Wyscombe881/
Whicombe880/
Widcombe880/
Westcombe82120/
Withcombe8227/
Wittcombe821/
Witcombes820/
Wisombi806/
Wycombe801/
Wisambe801/
Whittcombe784/
Wittcombet780/
Bickombe751/
Whycombe751/
Huizcombe711/
Whytcombe710/
Whetcombe710/
Wekombe672/
Bizombe671/

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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 Wiscombe
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