Waetford Surname

1,011,991st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 251 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
New Zealand
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Waetford Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Waetford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand2001:22,6423,959
Australia441:613,53943,545
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Waetford Last Name Facts

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

Waetford has its highest incidence in New Zealand. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Waetford? popularity and diffusion

The last name Waetford is the 1,011,991st most widely held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 29,034,047 people. Waetford is predominantly found in Oceania, where 97 percent of Waetford are found; 97 percent are found in Australasia and 97 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

The surname Waetford is most frequently held in New Zealand, where it is carried by 200 people, or 1 in 22,642. In New Zealand it is most prevalent in: Auckland Region, where 55 percent reside, Northland Region, where 25 percent reside and Waikato Region, where 12 percent reside. Without taking into account New Zealand Waetford occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 18 percent reside and Germany, where 1 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
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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 Waetford
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