Waeny Surname
Approximately 67 people bear this surname
Waeny Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 35 | 1:234,655 | 19,741 |
| Brazil | 27 | 1:7,928,679 | 178,836 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Waeny (10) may also be a first name.
Waeny Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waeny Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Waeny occurs most in Switzerland. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Waeny? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,333,370th most commonly occurring family name globally It is held by around 1 in 108,769,342 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 52 percent of Waeny live; 52 percent live in Western Europe and 40 percent live in Luso-South America. Waeny is also the 3,684,242nd most widely held first name internationally, borne by 10 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Switzerland, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 234,655. In Switzerland Waeny is mostly found in: Canton of Bern, where 46 percent live, Canton of Fribourg, where 17 percent live and Canton of Valais, where 17 percent live. Barring Switzerland this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 40 percent live and The United States, where 7 percent live.
Waeny Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Waeny has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 500 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Waeny
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