Wisk Surname
Approximately 599 people bear this surname
Wisk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 261 | 1:65,590 | 8,693 |
| United States | 259 | 1:1,399,455 | 96,631 |
| Canada | 32 | 1:1,151,425 | 83,867 |
| Germany | 24 | 1:3,354,394 | 150,996 |
| Poland | 14 | 1:2,714,911 | 112,031 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 21 | 1:2,391,366 | 115,093 |
Wisk (243) may also be a first name.
Wisk Demographics
Average Wisk Salary in
United States
$41,543 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wisk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wisk Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wisk is found in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wisk? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 537,454th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 12,166,187 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 45 percent of Wisk live; 44 percent live in North America and 44 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 573,164th most widely held forename on earth It is held by 243 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is borne by 261 people, or 1 in 65,590. Barring Malawi it occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 43 percent live and Canada, where 5 percent live.
Wisk Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wisk has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 1,233 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wisk Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Wisk surname are 7.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 54% registered with the party.
The amount Wisk earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 3.72% less than the national average, earning $41,543 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.16% less than the national average, earning $35,692 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wiske | 89 | 302 | / |
| Wisck | 89 | 185 | / |
| Wiszk | 89 | 22 | / |
| Whisk | 89 | 9 | / |
| Wiesk | 89 | 3 | / |
| Waisk | 89 | 0 | / |
| Widsk | 89 | 0 | / |
| Weiske | 80 | 1,956 | / |
| Wuiske | 80 | 42 | / |
| Woiske | 80 | 31 | / |
| Whiske | 80 | 11 | / |
| Wiskås | 80 | 8 | / |
| Weisek | 80 | 3 | / |
| Waiske | 80 | 2 | / |
| Woisek | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wiscke | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wysk | 75 | 704 | / |
| Visk | 75 | 241 | / |
| Wusk | 75 | 137 | / |
| Uisk | 75 | 44 | / |
| Wisc | 75 | 10 | / |
| Wizk | 75 | 3 | / |
| Wjsk | 75 | 2 | / |
| Wixk | 75 | 2 | / |
| Wesk | 75 | 2 | / |
| Wisx | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wischke | 73 | 65 | / |
| Weisske | 73 | 31 | / |
| Waishek | 73 | 26 | / |
| Woishek | 73 | 12 | / |
| Weiscke | 73 | 1 | / |
| Weske | 67 | 908 | / |
| Woischke | 67 | 137 | / |
| Wiczk | 67 | 123 | / |
| Wizke | 67 | 78 | / |
| Witschke | 67 | 43 | / |
| Viske | 67 | 41 | / |
| Weischek | 67 | 6 | / |
| Weesk | 67 | 6 | / |
| Wyszk | 67 | 4 | / |
| Huisk | 67 | 3 | / |
| Weisc | 67 | 2 | / |
| Weisheck | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wyske | 67 | 1 | / |
| Woischek | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wichk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wesks | 67 | 1 | / |
| Visck | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bisck | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wiesc | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weskt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weisx | 67 | 1 | / |
| Voisk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vishk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Viskx | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weisg | 67 | 0 | / |
| Weisskph | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wessk | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Wisk
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis