Wisting Surname

1,491,356th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 141 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Wisting Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wisting Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway631:81,62411,355
Sweden571:172,75011,943
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Wisting (22) may also be a first name.

Wisting Last Name Facts

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

Wisting is found in Norway more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wisting? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,491,356th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 51,684,723 people. The surname Wisting is primarily found in Europe, where 87 percent of Wisting are found; 87 percent are found in Northern Europe and 87 percent are found in Scandinavia. It is also the 2,301,746th most widespread first name internationally, borne by 22 people.

The last name Wisting is most commonly occurring in Norway, where it is carried by 63 people, or 1 in 81,624. In Norway Wisting is mostly found in: Eastern Norway, where 94 percent are found, Western Norway, where 5 percent are found and Northern Norway, where 2 percent are found. Barring Norway it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 40 percent are found and The United States, where 9 percent are found.

Wisting Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wisting last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Wisting earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 10.92% less than the national average, earning 308,291 kr per year and in United States they earn 29.54% less than the national average, earning $30,403 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wissting9347/
Wiesting931/
Whisting930/
Weistting880/
Westing86369/
Bisting8645/
Visting8615/
Wüsting862/
Wusting861/
Vuisting8037/
Weusting801/
Bishting801/
Westting800/
Bischting754/
Besting71172/
Westeng71155/
Vesting71129/
Bysting7128/
Westink7121/
Weustink67522/
Beesting6797/
Baysting678/
Bishteng671/
Huesting671/
Bestting670/
Vesteng5782/
Wechteng536/
Vechting530/

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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 Wisting
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