Wiszniak Surname

1,374,607th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 160 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Wiszniak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wiszniak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland681:558,95252,372
United States371:9,796,187405,931
Canada311:1,188,56786,017
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
France41:16,605,680368,153
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401

Wiszniak Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wiszniak is found in Poland more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wiszniak? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,374,607th most widespread family name globally, held by around 1 in 45,547,162 people. The last name Wiszniak occurs predominantly in Europe, where 48 percent of Wiszniak reside; 43 percent reside in North America and 43 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most commonly used in Poland, where it is borne by 68 people, or 1 in 558,952. Not including Poland Wiszniak is found in 9 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 23 percent are found and Canada, where 19 percent are found.

Wiszniak Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wiszniak last name are 35.66% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 88.89% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Wiszniak earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 17.54% more than the national average, earning $50,717 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.21% more than the national average, earning $53,265 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wizniak93160/
Wisniak93156/
Wiesniak8833/
Wiezniak8815/
Wishniak8813/
Woisniak881/
Wiosniak880/
Wischniak822/
Wezniak8037/
Wuzniak806/
Wiśniak806/
Wesniak805/
Vizniak805/
Visniak801/
Wieśniak75420/
Wichniak7532/
Wieźniak757/
Wieżniak754/
Vishniak753/
Voisniak751/
Wischnjak714/
Vischniak712/
Wierzniok711/
Viznyak67153/
Visnyak6733/
Visnjak6720/
Višniak6710/
Vesniak675/
Bisnjak671/

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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 Wiszniak
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