Waele Surname
Approximately 141 people bear this surname
Waele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 78 | 1:147,393 | 20,769 |
| Indonesia | 40 | 1:3,306,230 | 179,945 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Waele (94) may also be a first name.
Waele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waele is found most frequently in Belgium. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Waele? popularity and diffusion
The last name Waele is the 1,491,356th most numerous family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 51,684,723 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 63 percent of Waele are found; 60 percent are found in Western Europe and 54 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Waele is also the 980,251st most widely held forename world-wide, held by 94 people.
The last name Waele is most frequent in Belgium, where it is borne by 78 people, or 1 in 147,393. In Belgium it is most common in: Flemish Region, where 90 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 8 percent live and Walloon Region, where 3 percent live. Apart from Belgium it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 28 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent live.
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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 Waele
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