Wist is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Wist
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Wist

How popular is Wist?

Wist is ranked 168889 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Wists plummeted by 12.81407 per cent to 347 since 2000 and slipped by 8918 spots and ranked at 58481. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.37 93.47
Black 2.88 3.27
Hispanic or Latino 2.59 1.76
Wist is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Norway. Around 2154 people have been found who wears Wist as their family name. Wist is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
114,007 Czech Republic4
78,945 Argentina3
54,641 Sweden2
23,344 Austria2
17,547 Colombia2
49,529 Israel1
277,603 France1
30,360 Thailand1
36,814 Romania1
62,864 New Zealand1
810,193 Indonesia1
3,243 Suriname1
279,271 Australia1
66,560 Philippines1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
23,537 Switzerland45
313,225 India33
57,220 Netherlands27
155,219 England16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
9,536 Finland72
Countries with hundreds of Wist:
51,015 United States519
20,699 Germany504
2,002 Norway315
20,596 Poland286
17,816 Canada204
75,961 Brazil111
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 34 years old immigrant John Wist who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on September 28, 1848 by Albania put out from Liverpool.

Wist Namesakes

  • Owen Wister, Writer
  • Alvin Wistert, Football player
  • Annabella Wistar, Tennis Player
  • Sally Wister, Author
  • Owen Wister, Writer
  • Caspar Wistar, Physician
  • Mary Channing Wister, Poet
  • Danika Wist , Musical artist
  • Owen Wister, Writer
  • Owen Wister, Writer

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