Waerness Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Waerness Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Waerness Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Philippines81:12,654,778228,986
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Waerness Last Name Facts

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

The last name Waerness is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Waerness? popularity and diffusion

The surname Waerness is the 4,116,508th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 57 percent of Waerness reside; 57 percent reside in North America and 57 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 27,881,456. In The United States it is mostly found in: North Carolina, where 62 percent reside, Washington, where 23 percent reside and Arizona, where 15 percent reside. Barring The United States this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 35 percent reside and Norway, where 9 percent reside.

Waerness Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Waerness has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Waerness last name grew 433 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Waerness Last Name Statistics demography

Waerness earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 75.26% more than the national average, earning $75,625 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Werness93275/
Warness93102/
Waernes9310/
Warnes864,775/
Wernes86105/
Varness80100/
Verness8058/
Warnies8028/
Vaernes8022/
Worness8010/
Woernes801/
Hvarness7518/
Vaerneus752/
Wernesch751/
Varnness750/
Varnes711,963/
Vernes711,259/
Warnis71965/
Warnez71538/
Wornes71204/
Wernis7134/
Bahernesh7116/
Wernez712/
Vernhes672,473/
Verneus67738/
Øvernes6773/
Hvarnes6773/
Warniez6739/
Wernisz677/
Vaarnes676/
Vernies674/
Verhnes674/
Varnnes673/
Boernes673/
Varneis672/
Varnies671/
Verneis671/
Varniss671/
Varneus671/
Wernish671/
Vhernes671/
Wharnis670/
Warnish670/

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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 Waerness
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