Waast Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Waast Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 18 | 1:3,690,151 | 224,666 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Waast Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waast Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Waast has its highest incidence in France. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waast? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,034,050th most commonly occurring family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname Waast occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Waast live; 79 percent live in Western Europe and 79 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
This last name is most commonly held in France, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 3,690,151. In France Waast is most prevalent in: Grand Est, where 61 percent reside, Hauts-de-France, where 11 percent reside and Île-de-France, where 11 percent reside. Barring France Waast exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 21 percent reside and Belgium, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wahast | 91 | 54 | / |
| Waasth | 91 | 1 | / |
| Wast | 89 | 735 | / |
| Baast | 80 | 1,164 | / |
| Weast | 80 | 1,154 | / |
| Vaast | 80 | 757 | / |
| Waste | 80 | 134 | / |
| Wadst | 80 | 18 | / |
| Wastå | 80 | 14 | / |
| Washt | 80 | 12 | / |
| Waszt | 80 | 9 | / |
| Waist | 80 | 7 | / |
| Wasth | 80 | 6 | / |
| Wahst | 80 | 2 | / |
| Waust | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hwast | 80 | 1 | / |
| Whast | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wajst | 80 | 1 | / |
| Waest | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wastt | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wasts | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wascht | 73 | 11 | / |
| Waiste | 73 | 10 | / |
| Baastø | 73 | 5 | / |
| Wastts | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wahste | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wahsht | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vaaste | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vahast | 73 | 1 | / |
| Weastt | 73 | 1 | / |
| Weaste | 73 | 0 | / |
| West | 67 | 409,029 | / |
| Bast | 67 | 11,582 | / |
| Vast | 67 | 2,356 | / |
| Wöst | 67 | 32 | / |
| Wost | 67 | 27 | / |
| Wäst | 67 | 22 | / |
| Vahaste | 67 | 16 | / |
| Wasd | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wèst | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waschte | 67 | 1 | / |
| D'Weast | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wahshth | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Waast
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