Wrest Surname

1,129,067th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 214 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Wrest Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wrest Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States951:3,815,357209,650
England901:619,09036,665
Australia221:1,227,07766,405
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland181:246,10410,726
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England331:738,64834,140
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Wrest Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wrest is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wrest? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,129,067th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 34,053,953 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 43 percent of Wrest live; 43 percent live in Northern Europe and 43 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 95 people, or 1 in 3,815,357. In The United States it is mostly found in: Michigan, where 18 percent live, California, where 15 percent live and Missouri, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account The United States it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in England, where 42 percent live and Australia, where 10 percent live.

Wrest Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wrest has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wrest last name expanded 3,167 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 273 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 94 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Wrest Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Wrest surname are 11.12% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.89% being registered with the party.

Wrest earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.11% less than the national average, earning $40,081 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wreste911/
Wreist910/
Wriest910/
Brest804,955/
Wrist80101/
Wrast8026/
Wryst8011/
Wrost808/
Breest73381/
Breast7371/
Brestt7370/
Wrisht7313/
Bresht733/
Bresth731/
Wridst731/
Wriste731/
Breist730/
Bresst730/
Wreszcz675/
Breesth675/
Brescht671/
Vîhrest671/

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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 Wrest
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