Wisén Surname
Approximately 301 people bear this surname
Wisén Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 278 | 1:35,420 | 2,866 |
| Denmark | 10 | 1:564,472 | 34,222 |
| Finland | 9 | 1:610,745 | 34,002 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 35 | 1:1,434,820 | 77,606 |
The alternate forms: Wisen (391) & Wisèn (7) are calculated separately.
Wisén Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wisén Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wisén occurs more in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as: Wisen or Wisèn. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wisén? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 891,661st most commonly held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,211,116 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Wisén reside; 99 percent reside in Northern Europe and 99 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The surname is most commonly used in Sweden, where it is carried by 278 people, or 1 in 35,420. In Sweden Wisén is mostly found in: Stockholm County, where 32 percent reside, Jönköping County, where 12 percent reside and Östergötland County, where 9 percent reside. Not including Sweden it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 3 percent reside and Finland, where 3 percent reside.
Wisén Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wisén has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wisén last name declined 94 percent between 1880 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 Wisén
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