Waegemans Surname

533,524th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 605 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Waegemans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Waegemans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium5351:21,4893,331
Netherlands611:276,83934,217
France51:13,284,544357,392
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Peru11:31,784,12364,452

Waegemans Last Name Facts

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

Waegemans is more commonly found in Belgium than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Waegemans? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 533,524th most commonly occurring family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 12,045,530 people. Waegemans is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Waegemans live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 81 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most numerous in Belgium, where it is borne by 535 people, or 1 in 21,489. In Belgium it is primarily found in: Flemish Region, where 80 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 12 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Belgium this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 10 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waeghemans951/
Wagemans943,542/
Wegemans941/
Weggemans89694/
Wagemanns8975/
Waagemans8962/
Waghemans8947/
Wiegemans891/
Weagemans891/
Vagemans821/
Boegemans781/

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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 Waegemans
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