Wistan Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Honduras
Highest density in:
Honduras

Wistan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wistan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Honduras81:1,102,0554,829
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
France21:33,211,361423,184
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Wistan (48) may also be a first name.

Wistan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wistan is found in Honduras more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wistan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wistan is the 4,649,889th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Wistan reside; 44 percent reside in Central America and 44 percent reside in Hispano-Central America. Wistan is also the 1,448,253rd most commonly held forename worldwide It is held by 48 people.

The last name is most widespread in Honduras, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 1,102,055. In Honduras Wistan is most prevalent in: Gracias a Dios Department, where 100 percent reside. Beside Honduras this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in India, where 22 percent reside and France, where 11 percent reside.

Wistan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wistan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wistan last name decreased 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Wistan
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