Waff Surname

1,048,281st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 239 people bear this surname

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

Waff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Waff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2241:1,618,120108,461
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States411:1,224,84668,768

Waff Last Name Facts

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

The last name Waff occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Waff click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Waff? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,048,281st most widespread last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 30,491,824 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 94 percent of Waff reside; 94 percent reside in North America and 94 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

It is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 224 people, or 1 in 1,618,120. In The United States it is primarily found in: Virginia, where 26 percent live, North Carolina, where 26 percent live and Florida, where 6 percent live. Aside from The United States this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 3 percent live and Australia, where 2 percent live.

Waff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Waff has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 546 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Waff Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Waff surname are 4.17% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50.94% registered with the political party.

Waff earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.1% less than the national average, earning $40,517 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whaff8916/
Waffe894/
Wauff891/
Wafft890/
Waf86441/
Wassff801/
Wafe75573/
Baff75380/
Woff75239/
Wapf75139/
Waif7546/
Wafh759/
Wawf757/
Waaf755/
Vwaf753/
Wazf752/
Weaf752/
Vaff752/
Wahf751/
Wauf751/
Uaff751/
Wafz751/
Wafp751/
Wooff67676/
Wahaf67115/
Weiff6788/
Waife6760/
Woffe677/
Woiff675/
Waufh674/
Wattf674/
Vaffe672/
Baiff671/
Waitf671/
Beaff671/
Wuafe671/
Wasdf671/
Hwaif671/
Whoff671/
Waufe671/
Wachf670/
Bauff670/
Huaff670/

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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 Waff
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