Wiskens Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Wiskens Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 21 | 1:1,285,510 | 68,491 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
Wiskens (48) may also be a first name.
Wiskens Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wiskens Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wiskens is found most frequently in Australia. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wiskens? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,116,508th most common family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. Wiskens is predominantly found in Oceania, where 91 percent of Wiskens reside; 91 percent reside in Australasia and 91 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand. It is also the 1,448,253rd most frequently held given name worldwide, held by 48 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Australia, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 1,285,510. In Australia Wiskens is mostly concentrated in: Queensland, where 95 percent live and New South Wales, where 5 percent live. Outside of Australia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Qatar, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiskens | 93 | 39 | / |
| Viskens | 86 | 261 | / |
| Wiskins | 86 | 1 | / |
| Weskens | 86 | 0 | / |
| Wieskns | 86 | 0 | / |
| Huiskens | 80 | 575 | / |
| Vitskens | 80 | 46 | / |
| Whiskins | 80 | 2 | / |
| Buiskens | 80 | 1 | / |
| Huijskens | 75 | 400 | / |
| Büskens | 71 | 115 | / |
| Veskens | 71 | 26 | / |
| Beskens | 71 | 14 | / |
| Viskins | 71 | 1 | / |
| Biskins | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wuskins | 71 | 0 | / |
| Veuskens | 67 | 167 | / |
| Hueskens | 67 | 13 | / |
| Huiskins | 67 | 5 | / |
| Büschkens | 63 | 27 | / |
| Veschkens | 63 | 13 | / |
| Veeschkens | 59 | 2 | / |
| Bexkens | 57 | 302 | / |
| Beskins | 57 | 11 | / |
| Veskins | 57 | 1 | / |
| Boyskins | 53 | 1 | / |
| Hueskins | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Wiskens
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