Wiß Surname
1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World
Approximately 98 people bear this surname
Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany
Wiß Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 98 | 1:821,484 | 59,964 |
The alternate forms: Wi (35,792) are calculated separately.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wi | 93 | 35,792 | / |
| Weiß | 86 | 111,241 | / |
| Waiß | 86 | 133 | / |
| Wieß | 86 | 33 | / |
| Wißt | 86 | 28 | / |
| Wiße | 86 | 18 | / |
| Wéiß | 86 | 1 | / |
| Weisß | 75 | 2 | / |
| Wei | 67 | 12,153,338 | / |
| Wai | 67 | 407,920 | / |
| Wie | 67 | 3,291 | / |
| Wix | 67 | 2,967 | / |
| Woi | 67 | 1,299 | / |
| Wui | 67 | 1,191 | / |
| Wis | 67 | 1,131 | / |
| Wii | 67 | 992 | / |
| Weß | 67 | 834 | / |
| Wij | 67 | 599 | / |
| Hwi | 67 | 375 | / |
| Wih | 67 | 189 | / |
| Biß | 67 | 181 | / |
| Vwi | 67 | 170 | / |
| Wiy | 67 | 170 | / |
| Wiz | 67 | 128 | / |
| Whi | 67 | 98 | / |
| Wiå | 67 | 13 | / |
| Wyß | 67 | 11 | / |
| Wyi | 67 | 7 | / |
| Wgi | 67 | 6 | / |
| Wwi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wäß | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wiß
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis