All around the world, Wister (Wister 
) is a rare primarily male, but scarcely female given name. The forename Wister is characteristic of Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly the Dominican Republic, where it is a rare boy's name, Peru, and Brazil, where it is a very rare masculine name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Brazil, the United States, and India. Likewise, Wister is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Wister | Norway, Brazil, India, United States, Venezuela |
| annis lee wister American translator, US (b. 1830) |
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| langhorne wister American general (b. 1834) |
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| jones wister American blacksmith, US (b. 1839) |
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| lowry wister |
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