Wiskens Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Wiskens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wiskens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia211:1,285,51068,491
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151

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 occurs in Australia more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wiskens? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,116,508th most commonly held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name Wiskens occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 91 percent of Wiskens are found; 91 percent are found in Australasia and 91 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand. Wiskens is also the 1,448,253rd most common forename in the world, held by 48 people.

The last name is most widely held in Australia, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 1,285,510. In Australia Wiskens is most prevalent in: Queensland, where 95 percent live and New South Wales, where 5 percent live. Not including Australia Wiskens exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Qatar, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whiskens9339/
Viskens86261/
Wiskins861/
Weskens860/
Wieskns860/
Huiskens80575/
Vitskens8046/
Whiskins802/
Buiskens801/
Huijskens75400/
Büskens71115/
Veskens7126/
Beskens7114/
Viskins711/
Biskins711/
Wuskins710/
Veuskens67167/
Hueskens6713/
Huiskins675/
Büschkens6327/
Veschkens6313/
Veeschkens592/
Bexkens57302/
Beskins5711/
Veskins571/
Boyskins531/
Hueskins531/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis