Waaver Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Waaver Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Waaver Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waaver Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Waaver is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Waaver.
How Common Is The Last Name Waaver? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 7,593,402nd most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 67 percent of Waaver are found; 67 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Waaver is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Benue, where 100 percent live. Besides Nigeria it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 percent live.
Waaver Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Waaver has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Waaver
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