Wites Surname
Approximately 373 people bear this surname
Wites Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 288 | 1:131,975 | 19,285 |
| South Africa | 43 | 1:1,259,947 | 70,377 |
| United States | 24 | 1:15,102,456 | 529,929 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 26 | 1:1,931,488 | 97,398 |
The alternate forms: Witeś (6) are calculated separately.
Wites (22) may also be a first name.
Wites Demographics
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Wites Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wites Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wites is borne by more people in Poland than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Witeś. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wites? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 764,765th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 19,537,657 people. Wites is mostly found in Europe, where 79 percent of Wites are found; 77 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 77 percent are found in West Slavic Europe. It is also the 2,301,746th most common forename internationally, borne by 22 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Poland, where it is carried by 288 people, or 1 in 131,975. Not including Poland Wites is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 12 percent are found and The United States, where 6 percent are found.
Wites Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wites has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 8 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wites Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wites last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Wites earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 42.63% more than the national average, earning R 338,940 per year and in United States they earn 1.97% more than the national average, earning $44,000 USD per year.
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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 Wites
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