Waack Surname
Approximately 2,374 people bear this surname
Waack Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,446 | 1:55,675 | 7,216 |
| United States | 677 | 1:535,390 | 44,465 |
| Brazil | 97 | 1:2,206,952 | 68,831 |
| Australia | 71 | 1:380,221 | 31,281 |
| Canada | 25 | 1:1,473,824 | 101,190 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Norway | 15 | 1:342,819 | 32,589 |
| Netherlands | 12 | 1:1,407,265 | 75,423 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 44 | 1:1,141,334 | 65,198 |
Waack Demographics
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Waack Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waack Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waack is found most frequently in Germany. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Waack.
How Common Is The Last Name Waack? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 179,668th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 3,069,733 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 63 percent of Waack reside; 61 percent reside in Western Europe and 61 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 1,446 people, or 1 in 55,675. In Germany Waack is most frequent in: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 45 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 10 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 8 percent are found. Beside Germany this last name exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 29 percent are found and Brazil, where 4 percent are found.
Waack Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Waack has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Waack surname rose 1,539 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 800 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Waack Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Waack last name are 32.31% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 79.08% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Waack earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 3.45% less than the national average, earning 334,136 kr per year; in United States they earn 9.43% more than the national average, earning $47,216 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.99% more than the national average, earning $50,672 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waachk | 91 | 1 | / |
| Wack | 89 | 3,976 | / |
| Waak | 89 | 650 | / |
| Whack | 80 | 485 | / |
| Wacke | 80 | 112 | / |
| Wahak | 80 | 93 | / |
| Waick | 80 | 43 | / |
| Waake | 80 | 35 | / |
| Wackt | 80 | 33 | / |
| Wauck | 80 | 26 | / |
| Waaks | 80 | 18 | / |
| Wackå | 80 | 9 | / |
| Weack | 80 | 2 | / |
| Waask | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wazck | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wakck | 80 | 1 | / |
| Waaik | 80 | 1 | / |
| Vaack | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wuack | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wak | 75 | 3,221 | / |
| Waschk | 73 | 640 | / |
| Watcke | 73 | 70 | / |
| Waaske | 73 | 6 | / |
| Wahake | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wascke | 73 | 2 | / |
| Bahack | 73 | 2 | / |
| Waakhz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wuhack | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wake | 67 | 21,058 | / |
| Waag | 67 | 1,318 | / |
| Weak | 67 | 442 | / |
| Vaak | 67 | 250 | / |
| Wakh | 67 | 237 | / |
| Waik | 67 | 205 | / |
| Vack | 67 | 190 | / |
| Wock | 67 | 185 | / |
| Wauk | 67 | 77 | / |
| Hwak | 67 | 58 | / |
| Wajk | 67 | 51 | / |
| Watc | 67 | 44 | / |
| Wacková | 67 | 18 | / |
| Wacs | 67 | 16 | / |
| Waax | 67 | 7 | / |
| Wakk | 67 | 5 | / |
| Waśk | 67 | 4 | / |
| Uaac | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wasc | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wuac | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vwac | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wahc | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vwak | 67 | 2 | / |
| Whak | 67 | 2 | / |
| Waaq | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wwac | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wahk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wakq | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weac | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wgac | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wakc | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hwac | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uaak | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wacg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wacc | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wacx | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whac | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Waack
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