Wycleff Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Wycleff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wycleff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Wycleff (59) may also be a first name.

Wycleff Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wycleff is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wycleff? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,587,209th most common family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Wycleff reside; 42 percent reside in West Africa and 42 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,282,666th most prevalent given name throughout the world It is held by 59 people.

The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Rivers, where 75 percent are found and Plateau, where 25 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria Wycleff occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 17 percent are found and Uganda, where 17 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wycleffe932/
Wyclleff931/
Wyclef9269/
Whyclieff883/
Wycliff86890/
Wyclief862/
Wecleff862/
Wicleff861/
Wyclyff861/
Wycklff861/
Wycliffe801,351/
Whycliff8038/
Wyckliff805/
Wickleff802/
Weycliff801/
Wyclif7757/
Wiclef7718/
Wyclyf771/
Wyckliffe756/
Wickleffe752/
Wyclife71212/
Whyckliffe7117/
Wicliff7110/
Wicleaf712/
Wecliff711/
Whyclif711/
Wycklif711/
Wiclyff710/
Wickliff67607/
Wicliffe679/
Wykliffe671/
Wycllyfe671/
Wycllife671/
Wycclife671/
Wickleaf671/
Waicliff671/
Baycliff671/
Witcliff670/
Wichliff670/
Wicklief670/

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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 Wycleff
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