Wistum Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Wistum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wistum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway81:642,78647,258
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wistum Last Name Facts

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

Wistum is found most frequently in Norway. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wistum? popularity and diffusion

Wistum is the 5,812,366th most numerous family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 91 percent of Wistum live; 82 percent live in Northern Europe and 82 percent live in Scandinavia.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Norway, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 642,786. In Norway it is most numerous in: Eastern Norway, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Norway this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 9 percent reside and Sweden, where 9 percent reside.

Wistum Last Name Statistics demography

Wistum earn notably less less than the average income. In Norway they earn 17.58% less than the national average, earning 285,250 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Witum9143/
Wittum83255/
Withum83198/
Westum8364/
Wistom839/
Wüstum838/
Waitum837/
Wistun830/
Wustum830/
Whittum77398/
Waitume776/
Witthum775/
Whitgum774/
Waithum771/
Whithum771/
Wittumg771/
Vitstum771/
Wisthom770/
Bitum73119/
Vitum7342/
Wituń7336/
Witun7333/
Witom731/
Westhusm711/
Wiston674,590/
Bithum672,493/
Withun67519/
Vittum67378/
Beitum67157/
Westom67122/
Woitun6735/
Bestum6720/
Vestum6715/
Westun6713/
Wettum678/
Vithum677/
Wojtum676/
Baitum675/
Vistun674/
Bituim673/
Bitoum673/
Vituim672/
Wittom672/
Bittum672/
Bihtum671/
Witoun671/
Vitumg671/
Woituń671/
Wethum671/
Weitun671/
Vietum671/
Whitun671/
Wythum671/
Wittun671/
Whitom670/
Withom670/

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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 Wistum
  • 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