de Waas Surname

660,498th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 455 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sri Lanka
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

de Waas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Waas Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka4391:47,4005,492
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
England11:55,718,059489,080
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

de Waas Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Waas Come From? nationality or country of origin

de Waas is carried by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Waas? popularity and diffusion

de Waas is the 660,498th most widely held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 16,016,584 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of de Waas reside; 96 percent reside in South Asia and 96 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

The surname is most frequently used in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 439 people, or 1 in 47,400. Without taking into account Sri Lanka this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 2 percent reside and Bahrain, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Was922/
de Waa921/
de Baas86217/
de Waay8624/
de Waha8616/
de Vaas8613/
de Wase861/
de Waat861/
de Wazs861/
de Wa833/
de Waaij8081/
de Wasch8049/
de Watts807/
de Wease801/
de Vas77762/
de Bas77228/
de Way7749/
De Wat771/
de Wai771/
de Baasch751/
de Veas71298/
de Vass71295/
de Baay7184/
de Waij7154/
de Vast7137/
de Vaus7131/
de Weys7125/
de Bais716/
de Beas716/
de Baus715/
de Watt712/
de Vais712/
de Baah712/
de Bash711/
de Bass711/
de Wait711/
da Wase710/
de Waid710/
de Baaij67100/
de Wacht6799/
de Weijs6767/
de Ua6737/
de Vasch6718/
de Weiss673/
der Watt673/
de Weisz672/
de Va672/
de Ba672/
der Wath671/
Des Bass671/
De-Wasch671/
da Wa671/
da Watts671/
de Weise670/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Waas
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