Wistner Surname

1,206,588th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 195 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Wistner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wistner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1751:2,071,194131,950
Norway161:321,39331,311
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Wistner Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wistner is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wistner? popularity and diffusion

Wistner is the 1,206,588th most numerous last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 37,372,030 people. Wistner is predominantly found in The Americas, where 90 percent of Wistner live; 89 percent live in North America and 89 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Wistner is most common in The United States, where it is held by 175 people, or 1 in 2,071,194. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 23 percent reside, Texas, where 16 percent reside and Florida, where 15 percent reside. Barring The United States this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 8 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.

Wistner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wistner has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wistner surname expanded 3,500 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wistner Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wistner surname are 20.88% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 67.65% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Wistner earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 7.56% more than the national average, earning 372,257 kr per year and in United States they earn 17.74% more than the national average, earning $50,804 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wiestner93189/
Weistner931/
Whistner930/
Wüstner861,580/
Westner861,070/
Wustner86144/
Bistner862/
Wuestner80146/
Wichtner8066/
Westinner7518/
Vestner71604/
Bistnér713/
Bestner711/
Vestnerová591/
Beztner572/
Bestnir571/

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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 Wistner
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