Waeles Surname
Approximately 621 people bear this surname
Waeles Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 495 | 1:134,187 | 20,514 |
| Belgium | 122 | 1:94,235 | 14,539 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Waeles Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waeles Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waeles is found most in France. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waeles? popularity and diffusion
The last name Waeles is the 523,160th most commonly held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 11,735,179 people. The surname Waeles is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Waeles live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 89 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
It is most widely held in France, where it is carried by 495 people, or 1 in 134,187. In France Waeles is most prevalent in: Hauts-de-France, where 62 percent reside, Grand Est, where 9 percent reside and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account France this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 20 percent reside and Norway, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Waeles
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