Wiso Surname
Approximately 616 people bear this surname
Wiso Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 405 | 1:133,772 | 15,565 |
| Uganda | 48 | 1:813,318 | 38,363 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Papua New Guinea | 30 | 1:271,791 | 36,992 |
| Lesotho | 25 | 1:81,302 | 10,029 |
| Tanzania | 20 | 1:2,647,081 | 48,780 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Philippines | 17 | 1:5,955,190 | 180,670 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 21 | 1:2,391,366 | 115,093 |
The alternate forms: Wišo (2) are calculated separately.
Wiso (141) may also be a first name.
Wiso Demographics
Average Wiso Salary in
South Africa
R 146,820
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Wiso Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wiso Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wiso occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Wišo. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wiso? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 526,285th most frequently held family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 11,830,432 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Wiso live; 70 percent live in Southern Africa and 70 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Wiso is also the 778,371st most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 141 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 405 people, or 1 in 133,772. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Free State, where 40 percent reside, Gauteng, where 31 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 12 percent reside. Apart from South Africa it exists in 15 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 8 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 6 percent reside.
Wiso Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wiso has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wiso surname declined 95 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wiso Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Wiso surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Wiso earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 38.22% less than the national average, earning R 146,820 per year.
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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 Wiso
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