Wisken Surname

1,058,336th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 236 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Wisken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wisken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1711:325,83724,140
Australia451:599,90442,958
Germany131:6,192,728213,814
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England901:270,83719,067
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Wisken (143) may also be a first name.

Wisken Last Name Facts

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

Wisken occurs most in England. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wisken? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,058,336th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 30,879,432 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 79 percent of Wisken are found; 73 percent are found in Northern Europe and 73 percent are found in British Isles. It is also the 772,378th most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 143 people.

This last name is most commonly used in England, where it is carried by 171 people, or 1 in 325,837. In England it is mostly found in: Norfolk, where 25 percent live, Essex, where 17 percent live and Suffolk, where 16 percent live. Other than England Wisken is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 19 percent live and Germany, where 6 percent live.

Wisken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wisken has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Wisken last name rose 190 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whisken92102/
Wiesken922/
Wissken920/
Wiscken920/
Withsken861/
Wiskin83393/
Visken838/
Uisken832/
Wizken831/
Huisken77787/
Whiskin77426/
Beisken7751/
Wishkin7712/
Witskin777/
Wisquen776/
Weiskind7174/
Whiskind7128/
Wischkin7114/
Weischen711/
Wishking710/
Whisking710/
Viskin67171/
Büsken67138/
Biçken67100/
Bäsken6746/
Weskin6736/
Wizkin677/
Vesken673/
Weisskind671/
Viskne671/

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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 Wisken
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