Wits Surname
Approximately 311 people bear this surname
Wits Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 104 | 1:162,377 | 23,863 |
| Belgium | 77 | 1:149,307 | 20,954 |
| United States | 48 | 1:7,551,228 | 341,161 |
| Brazil | 19 | 1:11,267,070 | 228,483 |
| Canada | 18 | 1:2,046,977 | 128,463 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Taiwan | 8 | 1:2,930,593 | 17,989 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
Wits (16) may also be a first name.
Wits Demographics
Average Wits Salary in
United States
$35,152 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wits Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wits Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wits is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Wits click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wits? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 870,423rd most commonly used family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 23,432,624 people. The last name Wits occurs mostly in Europe, where 61 percent of Wits reside; 60 percent reside in Western Europe and 45 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,786,762nd most common first name world-wide, borne by 16 people.
Wits is most common in The Netherlands, where it is held by 104 people, or 1 in 162,377. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: North Holland, where 28 percent are found, Gelderland, where 21 percent are found and Utrecht, where 17 percent are found. Not including The Netherlands this surname is found in 24 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 15 percent are found.
Wits Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wits has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wits surname increased 400 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 83 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wits Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Wits last name are 33.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 80% registered with the political party.
Wits earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 18.53% less than the national average, earning $35,152 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
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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 Wits
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