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 is more commonly found in England than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Wisken click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wisken? popularity and diffusion

Wisken is the 1,058,336th most prevalent surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 30,879,432 people. The last name Wisken is mostly found in Europe, where 79 percent of Wisken reside; 73 percent reside in Northern Europe and 73 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 772,378th most commonly used first name on earth, held by 143 people.

Wisken is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 171 people, or 1 in 325,837. In England Wisken is primarily concentrated in: Norfolk, where 25 percent live, Essex, where 17 percent live and Suffolk, where 16 percent live. Outside of England this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 19 percent live and Germany, where 6 percent live.

Wisken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wisken has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name increased 190 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 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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