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 last name Wiscombe is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wiscombe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wiscombe is the 436,213th most numerous last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 9,259,906 people. The surname occurs predominantly 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.

It is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 452 people, or 1 in 801,900. In The United States it is mostly found in: Utah, where 43 percent live, Arizona, where 8 percent live and Texas, where 7 percent live. Excluding The United States it occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 20 percent live and England, where 16 percent live.

Wiscombe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wiscombe has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wiscombe surname 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 Wiscombe are 33.38% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 80.15% registered to vote for 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
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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 Wiscombe
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