Cognomen Wister (Wister 
) , all around the world, is a rare surname. The last name Wister is characteristic of Norway, where it is quite a rare surname, Austria, where it is a rare surname, and Switzerland. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in the United States, Norway, and Venezuela. Likewise, Wister is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Wister | Norway, Venezuela, United States, India, Brazil |
| johannes wister (b. 1708) |
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| sally wister American writer (1761-1804), US (b. 1761) |
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| charles jones wister (b. 1782) |
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owen wister American writer, US (b. 1860) |
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| sarah logan fisher wister (b. 1806) |
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| owen jones wister (1825-1896) (b. 1825) |
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| susan wister (b. 1819) |
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| charles jones wister (b. 1822) |
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| mary channing wister (1870-1913) (b. 1870) |
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| mary channing wister (b. 1869) |
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| john caspar wister American horticulturist, US (b. 1887) |
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| ernst wister Austrian gymnast, AT (b. 1922) |
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| ole a. wister Norwegian writer (1925-2017), NO (b. 1925) |
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| olga wister CZ (b. 1946) |
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| caspar wister American-football player, US |
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