W Surname
Approximately 1,405 people bear this surname
W Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 849 | 1:27,615 | 373 |
| Algeria | 192 | 1:201,206 | 23,897 |
| Canada | 99 | 1:372,178 | 33,288 |
| Iraq | 84 | 1:416,924 | 7,373 |
| China | 62 | 1:22,053,574 | 1,221 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Iran | 20 | 1:3,839,126 | 105,129 |
| Liberia | 17 | 1:259,326 | 15,766 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Afghanistan | 13 | 1:2,473,322 | 16,278 |
| Syria | 9 | 1:2,144,558 | 9,551 |
| Palestine | 4 | 1:1,137,212 | 16,054 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Somaliland | 1 | 1:3,500,182 | 1,592 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
W (17,477) may also be a first name.
W Demographics
Average W Salary in
Canada
$53,422 CAD
Per year
Average Salary in
Canada
$49,683 CAD
Per year
W Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name W Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname W is found in Taiwan more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name W? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 276,073rd most commonly used surname in the world, held by around 1 in 5,186,865 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 74 percent of W reside; 65 percent reside in East Asia and 65 percent reside in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 41,693rd most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 17,477 people.
It is most frequent in Taiwan, where it is carried by 849 people, or 1 in 27,615. In Taiwan W is most common in: Taoyuan City, where 35 percent are found, New Taipei City, where 20 percent are found and Tainan City, where 9 percent are found. Barring Taiwan it occurs in 20 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 14 percent are found and Canada, where 7 percent are found.
W Last Name Statistics demography
W earn somewhat more than the average income. In Canada they earn 7.53% more than the national average, earning $53,422 CAD per year.
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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 W
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis