Witkin Surname

320,940th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,164 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Witkin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Witkin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9011:402,28535,164
Israel991:86,44110,271
England531:1,051,28451,324
South Africa301:1,805,92385,708
Australia221:1,227,07766,405
Canada191:1,939,242123,675
Argentina181:2,374,634110,716
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
France11:66,422,722504,397
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Witkin Last Name Facts

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

Witkin has its highest incidence in The United States. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Witkin? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 320,940th most numerous surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 6,260,778 people. The last name Witkin occurs mostly in The Americas, where 78 percent of Witkin are found; 77 percent are found in North America and 77 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 901 people, or 1 in 402,285. In The United States it is primarily found in: California, where 21 percent are found, New York, where 20 percent are found and Florida, where 7 percent are found. Other than The United States this last name is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 9 percent are found and England, where 5 percent are found.

Witkin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Witkin has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Witkin last name increased 45,050 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 2,650 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Witkin Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Witkin surname are 40.63% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 93.86% being registered with the party.

The amount Witkin earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 133.71% more than the national average, earning R 555,372 per year; in United States they earn 31.25% more than the national average, earning $56,632 USD per year and in Canada they earn 44.25% more than the national average, earning $71,669 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Witkind9250/
Wietkin9240/
Whitkin9231/
Wittkin9210/
Woitkin920/
Whitkind8615/
Wittkind862/
Vitkin83379/
Witken83140/
Wytkin8346/
Wetkin8339/
Wutkin835/
Wittckind8036/
Vitkina77275/
Whitken7727/
Witchin7724/
Wytkind7713/
Vietkin7712/
Vitkind778/
Wittken773/
Bittkin771/
Wetking770/
Whitkim770/
Vitkienė711,034/
Westking713/
Wittchin711/
Voitkina711/
Wittkühn711/
Vaitkienė672,834/
Vetkin67677/
Bytkin6763/
Vitkinova6710/
Vytkin679/
Wudkin675/
Vutkin673/
Bidkin672/
Vitken671/
Vitcin671/
Vidkin671/
Vaitkiėnė671/
Wedkin670/

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Witkin Reference & Research

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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 Witkin
  • 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