Wallace Forename
7,384th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 141,886 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norfolk Island
Wallace Forename Definition:
A male name. a Scottish surname (the equivalent of English Welsh, Walsh) used as a christian name after the famous patriot William Wallace (1272?-1305). This use is modern.
Wallace Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 67,760 | 1:5,350 | 742 |
| Brazil | 100% | 52,878 | 1:4,052 | 569 |
| Canada | 100% | 4,668 | 1:7,098 | 969 |
| Kenya | 100% | 2,701 | 1:17,144 | 1,788 |
| England | 100% | 1,803 | 1:30,839 | 1,720 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 1,097 | 1:48,121 | 3,571 |
| South Africa | 100% | 1,058 | 1:51,543 | 5,282 |
| Zambia | - | 1,040 | 1:15,245 | 1,462 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 997 | 1:15,470 | 1,823 |
| Malawi | 100% | 867 | 1:19,737 | 1,782 |
| Liberia | 97% | 833 | 1:5,297 | 616 |
| Ghana | 100% | 787 | 1:34,290 | 2,099 |
| New Zealand | - | 555 | 1:8,173 | 939 |
| Scotland | 100% | 450 | 1:11,890 | 765 |
| Hong Kong | - | 353 | 1:21,962 | 2,172 |
| China | - | 307 | 1:4,449,693 | 53,316 |
| Australia | - | 303 | 1:45,075 | 2,233 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 291 | 1:105,885 | 10,050 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 273 | 1:29,862 | 2,982 |
| Jamaica | - | 247 | 1:11,673 | 1,246 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 201 | 1:883,405 | 23,032 |
| Poland | 100% | 188 | 1:202,272 | 3,614 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 169 | 1:180,177 | 10,754 |
| Belize | 100% | 152 | 1:2,331 | 533 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 142 | 1:73,460 | 4,284 |
| Chile | 57% | 111 | 1:158,623 | 3,253 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 103 | 1:13,218 | 1,822 |
| Philippines | 98% | 101 | 1:1,049,599 | 28,205 |
| Bahamas | - | 99 | 1:4,034 | 695 |
| Wales | 100% | 99 | 1:31,256 | 1,387 |
| Haiti | 100% | 90 | 1:119,188 | 6,367 |
| DR Congo | 85% | 89 | 1:829,524 | 25,650 |
| Argentina | 83% | 84 | 1:509,205 | 3,724 |
| Guyana | 100% | 77 | 1:9,912 | 1,484 |
| Singapore | 100% | 67 | 1:93,837 | 7,326 |
| Malta | - | 51 | 1:8,419 | 919 |
| Ireland | 98% | 45 | 1:103,189 | 2,518 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 37 | 1:128,863 | 3,682 |
| India | 100% | 30 | 1:40,495,932 | 746,646 |
| Cameroon | - | 29 | 1:745,190 | 21,385 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 28 | 1:65,827 | 1,311 |
| Portugal | - | 28 | 1:371,817 | 6,212 |
| Thailand | 100% | 26 | 1:2,694,839 | 66,052 |
| Ecuador | - | 25 | 1:709,077 | 6,440 |
| Iraq | 100% | 24 | 1:1,459,077 | 10,051 |
| Uganda | 100% | 23 | 1:1,780,736 | 24,513 |
| French Polynesia | - | 22 | 1:12,632 | 1,507 |
| Panama | 100% | 22 | 1:177,571 | 7,149 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 20 | 1:177,515 | 2,440 |
| Peru | 100% | 19 | 1:1,673,234 | 18,385 |
| Barbados | - | 18 | 1:16,099 | 1,338 |
| Mexico | 100% | 18 | 1:6,896,913 | 24,317 |
| Grenada | 100% | 16 | 1:6,758 | 1,006 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 16 | 1:3,202 | 474 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 15 | 1:7,316 | 1,065 |
| American Samoa | - | 14 | 1:3,989 | 735 |
| France | 100% | 14 | 1:4,747,881 | 19,704 |
| Saint Lucia | 89% | 14 | 1:12,701 | 1,596 |
| Qatar | 100% | 13 | 1:182,277 | 21,851 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 13 | 1:631,807 | 9,098 |
| Germany | 100% | 12 | 1:8,056,490 | 29,150 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 11 | 1:5,573 | 911 |
| Spain | 100% | 11 | 1:4,229,997 | 14,986 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 10 | 1:601,834 | 9,645 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 10 | 1:2,376,968 | 55,480 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 9 | 1:11,044 | 1,733 |
| Israel | 100% | 9 | 1:933,658 | 13,501 |
| Sweden | 100% | 9 | 1:1,095,323 | 21,139 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 8 | 1:3,906 | 755 |
| Netherlands | 93% | 8 | 1:2,112,760 | 26,769 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 8 | 1:893,999 | 27,106 |
| Belgium | 100% | 7 | 1:1,641,434 | 16,483 |
| Guam | - | 7 | 1:22,949 | 2,164 |
| Italy | 97% | 7 | 1:8,723,156 | 29,138 |
| South Korea | - | 7 | 1:792,060 | 15,859 |
| Benin | 100% | 6 | 1:1,762,640 | 36,264 |
| Namibia | - | 6 | 1:400,696 | 5,862 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 6 | 1:9,111 | 1,173 |
| Russia | - | 6 | 1:24,038,951 | 65,699 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 6 | 1:5,033,649 | 67,876 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 4 | 1:3,314 | 681 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 4 | 1:284,422 | 684 |
| Guatemala | - | 4 | 1:4,027,107 | 7,742 |
| Iceland | - | 4 | 1:91,504 | 3,703 |
| Japan | - | 4 | 1:31,996,514 | 55,536 |
| Norway | 100% | 4 | 1:1,283,082 | 16,224 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 3 | 1:10,874,505 | 40,253 |
| Algeria | - | 3 | 1:12,725,573 | 18,455 |
| El Salvador | - | 3 | 1:2,113,929 | 9,538 |
| Ivory Coast | 67% | 3 | 1:7,691,978 | 82,363 |
| Macau | - | 3 | 1:202,736 | 1,370 |
| Austria | - | 2 | 1:4,257,100 | 13,469 |
| Colombia | - | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Czechia | 100% | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Denmark | - | 2 | 1:2,824,749 | 21,465 |
| Finland | 50% | 2 | 1:2,741,592 | 19,235 |
| Honduras | - | 2 | 1:4,408,734 | 23,808 |
| Indonesia | - | 2 | 1:128,981,834 | 1,206,875 |
| Luxembourg | - | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 2 | 1:55,790 | 4,636 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Belarus | - | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lesotho | - | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Pakistan | - | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
The alternate forms: Wállace (5) are calculated separately.
Wallace (378,119) may also be a surname.
Wallace Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. a Scottish surname (the equivalent of English Welsh, Walsh) used as a christian name after the famous patriot William Wallace (1272?-1305). This use is modern.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
A Latin name, meaning: One who comes from foreign lands.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Wallace Forename Popularity
Wallace Demographics
Average Male Wallace Height
175.21 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 1,263 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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