Wishart
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English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Whisker
Etymology
Scottish surname derived from Anglo-Norman Wischard, from the Old French personal name Guiscard. Compare Modern French Guiscard.
Proper noun
Wishart (countable and uncountable, plural Wisharts)
- A surname from Anglo-Norman.
- A place name:
- An unincorporated community in Polk County, Missouri, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Accomack County, Virginia, United States.
- A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Emerald No. 277, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- A suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, indirectly named after John Wishart.
- A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, named after the Wishart early settler family.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Wishart is the 15238th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1930 individuals. Wishart is most common among White (90.78%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wishart”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.