Wadds Surname

1,565,797th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 131 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Australia

Wadds Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wadds Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England501:1,114,36153,243
Australia341:793,99150,673
United States261:13,940,728505,428
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England631:386,91123,603
Scotland131:287,9409,345
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Wadds Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wadds is found most in England. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wadds? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wadds is the 1,565,797th most prevalent last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 55,630,121 people. The last name Wadds occurs predominantly in Europe, where 38 percent of Wadds are found; 38 percent are found in Northern Europe and 38 percent are found in British Isles.

The surname is most commonly held in England, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 1,114,361. In England Wadds is most frequent in: Northumberland, where 40 percent live, East Riding of Yorkshire, where 20 percent live and Tyne and Wear, where 14 percent live. Beside England this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 26 percent live and The United States, where 20 percent live.

Wadds Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wadds has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname fell 21 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 2,600 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wadds Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wadds surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Wadds earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 29.24% more than the national average, earning $55,764 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.08% more than the national average, earning $62,145 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wads8930/
Wodds8021/
Wadst8018/
Badds806/
Wadås805/
Wadse803/
Waids802/
Waads801/
Weads801/
Wayds800/
Wauds800/
Wahads731/
Woodds730/
Wats67495/
Bads67228/
Wods6747/
Wacs6716/
Wadz6711/
Vads676/
Wadc672/
Waadshe672/

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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
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  • 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 Wadds
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