Wissing Surname

87,038th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,531 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Denmark

Wissing Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wissing Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3,3071:24,3443,231
United States9631:376,38533,289
Denmark4991:11,3121,074
Netherlands3801:44,4407,568
South Africa1621:334,43031,173
Sweden861:114,4978,198
Australia401:674,89346,030
Canada281:1,315,91492,927
France171:3,907,219231,005
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
England61:9,286,343223,652
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1301:386,29828,876

Wissing Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wissing occurs most in Germany. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wissing? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 87,038th most common family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,317,582 people. The last name Wissing occurs mostly in Europe, where 78 percent of Wissing live; 67 percent live in Western Europe and 67 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Wissing is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 3,307 people, or 1 in 24,344. In Germany it is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 78 percent are found, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 7 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Germany this surname occurs in 32 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 17 percent are found and Denmark, where 9 percent are found.

Wissing Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wissing has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wissing last name grew 741 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wissing Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wissing surname are 34.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 81% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Wissing earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 114.84% more than the national average, earning R 510,540 per year; in United States they earn 6.12% more than the national average, earning $45,791 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.57% more than the national average, earning $59,407 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wiessing93146/
Weissing9380/
Wissingh9330/
Wissingk931/
Wissings931/
Wising92107/
Wissink863,536/
Wessing86998/
Vissing86798/
Bissing86367/
Wiesing86301/
Weising86164/
Wishing8645/
Wussing8637/
Widsing8623/
Wässing8621/
Waising8613/
Wisseng869/
Wissinx862/
Woising861/
Weissink8052/
Buissing8017/
Waishing805/
Bissingh803/
Weihsing802/
Wiessink801/
Wijsingh801/
Beissing801/
Wuessing801/
Wishingh800/
Bising77289/
Wißing77260/
Wesing7743/
Vising7736/
Wusing7724/
Uising7718/
Wiseng7714/
Wisink771/
Wysing770/
Wiesching751/
Buising711,431/
Büssing71726/
Huising71407/
Bessing71291/
Weißing7183/
Beising7180/
Vissink7156/
Weesing7148/
Boising7133/
Weixing7131/
Wisaeng7130/
Weisink7120/
Bisingh7119/
Wiczing7115/
Wießing7114/
Byssing7114/
Weshing718/
Baising718/
Bisseng714/
Wiching712/
Visingh712/
Vessing712/
Waiseng711/
Wuiseng711/
Viesing711/
Wishink711/
Vussing711/
Veising710/
Wesseng710/
Weasing710/
Huisingh67263/
Huitsing67244/
Waisaeng67216/
Buissink67186/
Huijsing67122/
Weisheng6757/
Wusching6753/
Waiching6710/
Weiching674/
Baisingh674/
Bisching673/
Bissehng672/
Hvidsing671/
Weashing670/
Beessing670/
Huessing670/

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Wissing Reference & Research

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Wisinger FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Wissing
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