Wishing Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

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

Wishing Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wishing Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States331:10,983,604436,696
India61:127,844,230863,365
Iran31:25,594,175224,183
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Wishing (68) may also be a first name.

Wishing Last Name Facts

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

Wishing occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wishing? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,909,720th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 73 percent of Wishing live; 73 percent live in North America and 73 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,181,159th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 68 people.

The last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 10,983,604. In The United States Wishing is primarily found in: Pennsylvania, where 48 percent are found, Tennessee, where 18 percent are found and California, where 9 percent are found. Besides The United States Wishing is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 13 percent are found and Iran, where 7 percent are found.

Wishing Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wishing has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wishing surname increased 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wishing Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wishing surname are 28.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 75% being registered with the party.

Wishing earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 32.61% more than the national average, earning $57,221 USD 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
  • 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 Wishing
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