Wistaff Surname

1,471,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 144 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Wistaff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wistaff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada1391:265,07624,993
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Wistaff Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wistaff occurs more in Canada more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wistaff? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,471,719th most commonly used family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 50,607,958 people. The last name Wistaff occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Wistaff live; 99 percent live in North America and 71 percent live in Gallo-North America.

This last name is most prevalent in Canada, where it is held by 139 people, or 1 in 265,076. In Canada it is mostly concentrated in: Quebec, where 73 percent are found, Ontario, where 24 percent are found and New Brunswick, where 3 percent are found. Not including Canada this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.

Wistaff Last Name Statistics demography

Wistaff earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 7.97% less than the national average, earning $45,725 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wisthaff930/
Wistoff8620/
Westaff864/
Wisthoff80228/
Wexstaff8021/
Wisstoff808/
Whestaff801/
Withafft800/
Witthaff800/
Waystaff800/
Weistauf800/
Witoff7718/
Wistof7710/
Wistav772/
Waitaf771/
Wistaw770/
Weisthoff7516/
Wiesthoff750/
Withoff71133/
Wistoft71106/
Westoff7178/
Bistoff7134/
Withaft719/
Vistoff714/
Widstav712/
Wiestaw712/
Waistaw711/
Wittoff711/
Weitoff710/
Wisthof710/
Westhoff677,877/
Wiethoff671,595/
Wüsthoff67764/
Witthoff67250/
Wusthoff67152/
Wijthoff6738/
Wysthoff6724/
Weithoff6717/
Witaw6711/
Visthoff679/
Baistoff673/
Whittoff672/
Vitaf672/
Weithauf671/
Wisthosf671/
Wuestoff671/
Vaistoff671/
Wiethauf670/
Waystoff670/
Waithoff670/
Witthaft670/
Weistaub670/
Bisteauf670/

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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 Wistaff
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