Wiser Surname
Approximately 5,788 people bear this surname
Wiser Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,209 | 1:69,583 | 8,076 |
| Switzerland | 150 | 1:54,753 | 7,051 |
| England | 90 | 1:619,090 | 36,665 |
| Austria | 67 | 1:127,096 | 17,572 |
| Canada | 65 | 1:566,855 | 47,218 |
| Germany | 60 | 1:1,341,758 | 84,137 |
| France | 22 | 1:3,019,215 | 204,848 |
| Luxembourg | 20 | 1:29,027 | 5,175 |
| Belgium | 18 | 1:638,702 | 56,744 |
| Australia | 14 | 1:1,928,264 | 88,951 |
| Israel | 10 | 1:855,763 | 54,181 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 13 | 1:1,875,028 | 58,113 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,090 | 1:46,072 | 5,315 |
Wiser (89) may also be a first name.
Wiser Demographics
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Wiser Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wiser Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wiser is most common in The United States. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wiser? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 83,621st most numerous surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,259,078 people. The last name Wiser is predominantly found in The Americas, where 91 percent of Wiser live; 91 percent live in North America and 91 percent live in Anglo-North America. Wiser is also the 1,011,231st most common first name on earth, borne by 89 people.
The last name Wiser is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 5,209 people, or 1 in 69,583. In The United States Wiser is most common in: Pennsylvania, where 10 percent reside, Tennessee, where 9 percent reside and California, where 7 percent reside. Besides The United States it is found in 40 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 3 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.
Wiser Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wiser has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wiser last name expanded 478 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 692 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wiser Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Wiser surname are 35.34% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 88.57% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Wiser earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 3.07% more than the national average, earning $44,472 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.94% less than the national average, earning $47,230 CAD per year.
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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 Wiser
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