Wacław Surname

382,699th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 930 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Wacław Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wacław Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland9261:41,0466,435
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
England21:27,859,030389,889

Wacław (6,743) may also be a first name.

Wacław Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wacław occurs more in Poland more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wacław? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 382,699th most frequently used family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 7,836,071 people. The last name Wacław is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Wacław are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 100 percent are found in West Slavic Europe. Wacław is also the 79,505th most frequent given name on earth, held by 6,743 people.

The last name Wacław is most commonly held in Poland, where it is carried by 926 people, or 1 in 41,046. Aside from Poland Wacław exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Czechia, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wancław9225/
Waclaw83205/
Wocław83198/
Wecław8324/
Węcław831/
Wącław831/
Wiecław7751/
Więcław7724/
Woncław771/
Wagaw735,981/
Wacow735/
Wakaw731/
Wycaw730/
Woclaw6740/
Wachow6730/
Wazlaw6721/
Wocłow6711/
Waclawová674/
Waaqow672/
Wakhaw671/
Waakow671/
Waghaw671/
Wackow671/
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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 Wacław
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