Wadell Surname
Approximately 847 people bear this surname
Wadell Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 621 | 1:583,670 | 47,738 |
| Sweden | 186 | 1:52,940 | 4,092 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Guyana | 5 | 1:152,444 | 9,017 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Panama | 3 | 1:1,304,086 | 13,647 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 23 | 1:1,059,799 | 41,508 |
| Scotland | 17 | 1:220,189 | 7,953 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 218 | 1:230,361 | 19,417 |
Wadell (353) may also be a first name.
Wadell Demographics
Average Wadell Salary in
United States
$39,362 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wadell Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wadell Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wadell is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of Wadell click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wadell? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wadell is the 411,827th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 8,603,950 people. Wadell occurs mostly in The Americas, where 76 percent of Wadell are found; 74 percent are found in North America and 74 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 463,770th most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 353 people.
The surname Wadell is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 621 people, or 1 in 583,670. In The United States it is primarily found in: California, where 17 percent reside, Texas, where 6 percent reside and North Carolina, where 6 percent reside. Not including The United States this surname occurs in 18 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 22 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.
Wadell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wadell has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wadell surname increased 285 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it fell 87 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wadell Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Wadell surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Wadell last name are 21.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 68% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Wadell earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 8.78% less than the national average, earning $39,362 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.36% more than the national average, earning $51,850 CAD per year.
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Wadell Reference & Research
Waddell DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Waddell FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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 Wadell
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis