Waeterloos Surname

1,527,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 136 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Belgium

Waeterloos Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Waeterloos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France661:1,006,405112,047
Belgium591:194,85825,672
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Waeterloos Last Name Facts

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

The last name Waeterloos is carried by more people in France than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Waeterloos? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,527,735th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 53,584,896 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 93 percent of Waeterloos live; 93 percent live in Western Europe and 65 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The surname is most common in France, where it is borne by 66 people, or 1 in 1,006,405. In France Waeterloos is most numerous in: Hauts-de-France, where 85 percent live, Île-de-France, where 9 percent live and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 2 percent live. Other than France this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 43 percent live and Canada, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waterloos95207/
Waeterloot9025/
Watterloos901/
Watterlos841/
Watreloos747/
Watrelos67170/
Watorles670/
Witter-Louis641/
Wattrelos63132/
Watroluss630/
Witte-Roels571/

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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 Waeterloos
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