Witnes Surname

1,447,279th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 148 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Witnes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Witnes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1311:130,68014,293
Norway101:514,22941,629
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Witnes (9,214) may also be a first name.

Witnes Last Name Facts

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

Witnes (Oriya: ୱିଟେନସ) has its highest incidence in Malawi. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Witnes click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Witnes? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,447,279th most frequently used last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 49,240,175 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Witnes are found; 89 percent are found in Southern Africa and 89 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Witnes is also the 64,684th most commonly held first name internationally It is held by 9,214 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is borne by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Outside of Malawi it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 7 percent are found and Indonesia, where 3 percent are found.

Witnes Last Name Statistics demography

Witnes earn around the same as the average income. In Norway they earn 1.19% more than the national average, earning 350,192 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Witness922,705/
Wistnes926/
Waitnes921/
Whitnes920/
Whitnies8616/
Withness865/
Wittness862/
Witnesst861/
Witnesse861/
Whitnest860/
Whitness860/
Bitnes8353/
Witnis8310/
Vitnes832/
Vistnes77356/
Witnish77106/
Westnes7794/
Bidtnes7781/
Beitnes7769/
Vitnesh771/
Vitness771/
Whitnex771/
Westness7143/
Withnise711/
Beitness710/
Vetnes6737/
Vitnis671/
Weitnecht670/
Whitnecht670/
Weithnecht630/
Vestnes62256/
Vittnäs625/
Bittnis621/
Vuittenez53227/
Wetnic501/

Witnes Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Witnes in the Oriya language
ୱିଟେନସwitenasa-

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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 Witnes
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