Wistone Surname
Approximately 852 people bear this surname
Wistone Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 834 | 1:63,479 | 6,758 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
Wistone (976) may also be a first name.
Wistone Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wistone Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wistone is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wistone? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 409,925th most commonly held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 8,553,458 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wistone reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Wistone is also the 257,954th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 976 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 834 people, or 1 in 63,479. In Tanzania it is most common in: Kagera Region, where 56 percent live, Kigoma Region, where 25 percent live and Mwanza Region, where 9 percent live. Apart from Tanzania Wistone occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 1 percent live and Malaysia, where 1 percent live.
Wistone Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wistone has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Wistone surname contracted 50 percent between 1881 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
- 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 Wistone
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