Waclaw Surname

1,163,787th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 205 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Waclaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Waclaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1281:2,831,710167,846
Slovakia281:190,58832,093
Germany201:4,025,273167,743
Sweden131:757,44356,422
Poland51:7,601,750167,855
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
England31:18,572,686338,250
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Waclaw (6,337) may also be a first name.

Waclaw Last Name Facts

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

Waclaw has its highest incidence in The United States. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Waclaw? popularity and diffusion

Waclaw is the 1,163,787th most commonly used surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 35,549,004 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 64 percent of Waclaw live; 63 percent live in North America and 63 percent live in Anglo-North America. Waclaw is also the 82,748th most frequently occurring forename in the world. It is borne by 6,337 people.

Waclaw is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 128 people, or 1 in 2,831,710. In The United States it is most frequent in: Illinois, where 70 percent live, New York, where 10 percent live and Indiana, where 8 percent live. Apart from The United States it occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Slovakia, where 14 percent live and Germany, where 10 percent live.

Waclaw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Waclaw has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Waclaw last name rose 1,280 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Waclaw Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Waclaw last name are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60% registered to vote for the party.

Waclaw earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 17.6% less than the national average, earning $35,554 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wacław83930/
Woclaw8340/
Vaclaw8323/
Wazlaw8321/
Waclav8318/
Baclaw839/
Waclawová804/
Watzlaw77120/
Woczlaw7712/
Waczlav776/
Weiclaw774/
Wáczlaw772/
Backlaw770/
Vaclav67302/
Wocław67198/
Wazlav6714/
Waclavová6713/
Bacław678/
Baklaw676/
Boclaw672/
Waklaf671/
Wáclav671/
Woclow671/
Baclab670/

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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 Waclaw
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