Wiśniewski Surname
Approximately 333 people bear this surname
Wiśniewski Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 315 | 1:120,663 | 17,968 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Wisniewski (28,803), Wišniewski (12) & Wisñiewski (1) are calculated separately.
Wiśniewski Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wiśniewski Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wiśniewski occurs in Poland more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Wisniewski, Wišniewski or Wisñiewski. For other possible spellings of Wiśniewski click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wiśniewski? popularity and diffusion
Wiśniewski is the 830,559th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 21,884,522 people. Wiśniewski occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Wiśniewski live; 95 percent live in Eastern Europe and 95 percent live in West Slavic Europe.
It is most commonly held in Poland, where it is held by 315 people, or 1 in 120,663. Excluding Poland this last name is found in 15 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found and Belgium, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Wiśniewski
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