Wisdon Surname

1,727,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 112 people bear this surname

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

Wisdon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wisdon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States641:5,663,421279,165
Nigeria331:5,367,962136,856
England31:18,572,686338,250
Jamaica31:956,64910,513
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England241:1,015,64040,589
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States581:865,83952,959

Wisdon (160) may also be a first name.

Wisdon Last Name Facts

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

Wisdon has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wisdon? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wisdon is the 1,727,723rd most numerous family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 65,067,374 people. The surname Wisdon is predominantly found in The Americas, where 62 percent of Wisdon are found; 57 percent are found in North America and 57 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Wisdon is also the 725,185th most widely held first name globally, borne by 160 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 64 people, or 1 in 5,663,421. In The United States Wisdon is most prevalent in: Texas, where 38 percent are found, Missouri, where 9 percent are found and Arizona, where 6 percent are found. Other than The United States this last name exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 29 percent are found and England, where 3 percent are found.

Wisdon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wisdon has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 110 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 87 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wisdon Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wisdon surname are 28.02% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 81.25% registered to vote for the party.

Wisdon earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.49% more than the national average, earning $44,653 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wisdone920/
Wisdom8336,642/
Wesdon831/
Bisdon830/
Wisdan830/
Boisdon77331/
Baisdon7789/
Wissdom772/
Wishdom772/
Whisdom771/
Wizdom6710/
Wijdom678/
Besdon674/
Bisdan671/
Uisdom671/
Visdan671/
Weissdaun671/
Wezdon671/
Wisdam670/
Wesdom670/
Wexdon670/

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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 Wisdon
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