Wadson Surname
Approximately 1,249 people bear this surname
Wadson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 889 | 1:19,257 | 3,006 |
| Tanzania | 201 | 1:263,391 | 21,014 |
| Canada | 28 | 1:1,315,914 | 92,927 |
| Papua New Guinea | 28 | 1:291,204 | 39,406 |
| United States | 26 | 1:13,940,728 | 505,428 |
| Zimbabwe | 24 | 1:643,260 | 47,966 |
| Bermuda | 22 | 1:2,967 | 463 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Panama | 5 | 1:782,452 | 11,059 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 33 | 1:738,648 | 34,140 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 54 | 1:929,976 | 55,839 |
Wadson (8,501) may also be a first name.
Wadson Demographics
Average Wadson Salary in
United States
$30,479 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wadson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wadson Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wadson has its highest incidence in Malawi. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wadson? popularity and diffusion
Wadson is the 303,577th most frequently used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 5,834,704 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Wadson are found; 73 percent are found in Southern Africa and 73 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 68,333rd most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 8,501 people.
The surname is most numerous in Malawi, where it is held by 889 people, or 1 in 19,257. Without taking into account Malawi it exists in 16 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 16 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.
Wadson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wadson has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname contracted 52 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 91 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wadson Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Wadson surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% registered with the party.
The amount Wadson earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 29.36% less than the national average, earning $30,479 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.49% more than the national average, earning $57,378 CAD per year.
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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 Wadson
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