Wads Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Wads Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
Wads (13) may also be a first name.
Wads Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wads Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wads occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wads.
How Common Is The Last Name Wads? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,602,217th most prevalent surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. The last name Wads occurs mostly in The Americas, where 40 percent of Wads live; 40 percent live in North America and 40 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,159,357th most numerous forename in the world, borne by 13 people.
Wads is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 32,950,812. In The United States it is mostly found in: Washington, where 45 percent reside, Texas, where 18 percent reside and California, where 9 percent reside. Aside from The United States Wads is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in India, where 20 percent reside and Ghana, where 13 percent reside.
Wads Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wads has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 27 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 60 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wadds | 89 | 131 | / |
| Wadst | 89 | 18 | / |
| Wadås | 89 | 5 | / |
| Wadse | 89 | 3 | / |
| Waids | 89 | 2 | / |
| Weads | 89 | 1 | / |
| Waads | 89 | 1 | / |
| Wauds | 89 | 0 | / |
| Wayds | 89 | 0 | / |
| Wahads | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wats | 75 | 495 | / |
| Bads | 75 | 228 | / |
| Wods | 75 | 47 | / |
| Wacs | 75 | 16 | / |
| Wadz | 75 | 11 | / |
| Vads | 75 | 6 | / |
| Wadc | 75 | 2 | / |
| Waadshe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Woods | 67 | 321,291 | / |
| Watts | 67 | 199,585 | / |
| Waits | 67 | 7,953 | / |
| Wachs | 67 | 4,345 | / |
| Badsh | 67 | 287 | / |
| Badts | 67 | 264 | / |
| Beads | 67 | 262 | / |
| Wayts | 67 | 109 | / |
| Watse | 67 | 104 | / |
| Wadzh | 67 | 71 | / |
| Weids | 67 | 37 | / |
| Baids | 67 | 35 | / |
| Waths | 67 | 27 | / |
| Wodds | 67 | 21 | / |
| Wauts | 67 | 19 | / |
| Watsh | 67 | 18 | / |
| Vaids | 67 | 11 | / |
| Watss | 67 | 10 | / |
| Wahts | 67 | 8 | / |
| Wajcs | 67 | 8 | / |
| Badds | 67 | 6 | / |
| Vadst | 67 | 4 | / |
| Vadsø | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wouds | 67 | 4 | / |
| Vadse | 67 | 4 | / |
| Weats | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wajts | 67 | 4 | / |
| Waics | 67 | 3 | / |
| Huads | 67 | 3 | / |
| Watcs | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bauds | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wadch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waadz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wacsh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vadsh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weyds | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waats | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whats | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wahzs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wayzs | 67 | 0 | / |
| Watzs | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wasts | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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- 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 Wads
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