Wafel Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Wafel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wafel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States401:9,061,473385,835
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States271:1,859,95194,590

Wafel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wafel is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wafel? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,017,195th most frequent surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. The last name Wafel is mostly found in The Americas, where 95 percent of Wafel are found; 95 percent are found in North America and 95 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name Wafel is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 9,061,473. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Missouri, where 33 percent are found, Colorado, where 30 percent are found and North Carolina, where 15 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 2 percent are found and Iraq, where 2 percent are found.

Wafel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wafel has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 148 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wafel Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wafel surname are 17.52% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.29% registered to vote for the party.

Wafel earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 55.39% more than the national average, earning $67,048 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waffel91207/
Wafeel911/
Waefel911/
Waifel910/
Wasfel910/
Wafl892/
Waffell835/
Wadfell832/
Wafeesl831/
Wawfelt830/
Watfeld830/
Wefel80457/
Wafil8037/
Bafel807/
Vafel801/
Wofel800/
Waisfeld7744/
Wadfeldt7710/
Wassfelt775/
Waysfeld771/
Waisfell770/
Woefel7337/
Baffel7317/
Bafeel736/
Weffel735/
Vafael734/
Wuefel732/
Waphel732/
Vaffel731/
Wafleh731/
Wofuel731/
Weifel731/
Vaufel730/
Weufel730/
Wofeld730/
Wodfel730/
Woofel730/
Waschfeld7141/
Wajdtfeel712/
Wheatfell711/
Weuffel6715/
Wofl678/
Woeffel676/
Weifeld672/
Wäfeldt671/
Weiffel671/
Weifelt671/
Wohfeld671/
Vweifel671/
Baffell671/
Vasfeld671/
Bauffel670/
Bayfell670/
Baffeel670/
Wodffel670/
Wefl670/
Wohfiel670/

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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 Wafel
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