Wafers Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

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

Wafers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wafers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Wafers Last Name Facts

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

Wafers is found most frequently in The United States. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Wafers click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wafers? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,649,889th most commonly used family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname Wafers occurs mostly in The Americas, where 83 percent of Wafers live; 83 percent live in North America and 83 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 24,163,929. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Michigan, where 47 percent live, California, where 27 percent live and Texas, where 13 percent live. Outside of The United States this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 11 percent live and Japan, where 6 percent live.

Wafers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wafers has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wafers last name expanded 250 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wafers Last Name Statistics demography

Wafers earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 29.89% less than the national average, earning $30,250 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waffers922/
Wefers831,970/
Weffers7749/
Weefers771/
Weaphers712/
Wäfors678/
Boufers622/
Huefers620/
Boffersz5718/
Bouffers571/
Väfors5034/

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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 Wafers
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