Wisness Surname

1,497,948th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 140 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Wisness Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wisness Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1381:2,626,514158,538
England11:55,718,059489,080
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Wisness Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wisness occurs most in The United States. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wisness? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,497,948th most frequently occurring last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 52,053,899 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 89 percent of Wisness are found; 89 percent are found in North America and 89 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 138 people, or 1 in 2,626,514. In The United States it is mostly found in: North Dakota, where 49 percent reside, Minnesota, where 22 percent reside and Arizona, where 4 percent reside. Other than The United States Wisness occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent reside and Norway, where 1 percent reside.

Wisness Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wisness has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wisness last name expanded 6,900 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wisness Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wisness surname are 17.36% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 70.59% being registered to vote for the political party.

Wisness earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.16% more than the national average, earning $45,375 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wisnes92145/
Visness8688/
Bisness869/
Wisnies862/
Wesness860/
Wishnies809/
Bissness801/
Huisness801/
Visnes77296/
Wesnes7738/
Bisnes7736/
Wiznes773/
Wisnez771/
Woisznies758/
Bizness71105/
Wisnios7168/
Waisnis714/
Wiesnez711/
Wishnis711/
Beisnes710/
Baisnes710/
Weesnes710/
Woishnis6733/
Vichness6723/
Vishnets674/
Waisnais672/
Wisniosz672/
Vishnesh671/

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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 Wisness
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