Wiskey Surname
Approximately 178 people bear this surname
Wiskey Surname Definition:
(Celtic) Dweller by the R. Wiske; or in one of the places named there - from: Newby Wiske, Danby Wiske, Kirkby Wiske [Middle Welsh wysg, a stream = Irish and Gaelic uisge, Old Irish u(i)sce] (Teutonic) the Low German Wiske [from wís, wise + the diminutive suit.
Read More About This SurnameWiskey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Wiskey (10) may also be a first name.
Wiskey Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Celtic) Dweller by the R. Wiske; or in one of the places named there - from: Newby Wiske, Danby Wiske, Kirkby Wiske [Middle Welsh wysg, a stream = Irish and Gaelic uisge, Old Irish u(i)sce] (Teutonic) the Low German Wiske [from wís, wise + the diminutive suit. -ke] Mr. P. B. Wiske, of Brooklyn, N.Y., informs me that his father changed his surname from Whiskey to Wiske; his great-grandfather having emigrated iii 1813 to America from Poole, Dorset, where the name Whiskey occurs in 18th-cent. deeds. Mr. Wiske has found the forms Wyskye, Wyskie, Wiskye, Wiskie, Whiskie, Whiskey in 16th-18th cent. Sussex records.
Wiskey Demographics
Wiskey Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Wiskey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wiskey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wiskey is more frequently found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wiskey? popularity and diffusion
Wiskey is the 1,281,391st most prevalent last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 40,941,269 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Wiskey reside; 80 percent reside in Southern Africa and 80 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 10 people.
The surname is most frequent in Malawi, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Not including Malawi Wiskey occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 10 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 6 percent live.
Wiskey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wiskey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wiskey surname grew 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wiskey Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Wiskey last name is predominantly Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.
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Footnotes
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