Wistley Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Liberia

Wistley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wistley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:55,718,059489,080
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England221:1,107,97142,566
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Wistley (11) may also be a first name.

Wistley Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wistley is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Wistley.

How Common Is The Last Name Wistley? popularity and diffusion

Wistley is the 8,968,613th most prevalent family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 25 percent of Wistley reside; 25 percent reside in West Africa and 25 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Wistley is also the 3,487,849th most frequently used given name internationally, held by 11 people.

The surname Wistley is most commonly occurring in England, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 55,718,059. In England Wistley is primarily concentrated in: Greater London, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account England this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 25 percent reside and The Philippines, where 25 percent reside.

Wistley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wistley has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Wistley surname declined 95 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whistley931/
Wistle923/
Wistly920/
Westley866,455/
Whistle86312/
Waistle8642/
Wistles861/
Wistlet861/
Wustley861/
Whestley803/
Waistler802/
Whistles801/
Westtley801/
Weastley801/
Westly77483/
Westle77181/
Bistle7728/
Wästle7712/
Whisthler751/
Weasthley750/
Westlie71480/
Beistle71119/
Bestley7191/
Westlei7111/
Vestley7110/
Westlea719/
Westlee716/
Uistler713/
Vistler713/
Weastly711/
Westloy711/
Wichtle710/
Whestle710/
Westlay710/
Weastler6757/
Wichtler6752/
Wistlich6742/
Beastley676/
Vistelle675/
Westllys671/
Westhlei671/
Whystler671/
Wuestler671/
Westlybp671/
Westllie671/
Westelle671/
Bistelle670/
Whestler670/

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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 Wistley
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis