Waffel Surname

1,155,901st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 207 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Waffel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Waffel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1831:502,38128,715
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
England21:27,859,030389,889
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Waffel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Waffel occurs more in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Waffel? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,155,901st most numerous last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 35,205,536 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Waffel live; 88 percent live in North Africa and 88 percent live in Arabic North Africa.

The last name is most prevalent in Egypt, where it is held by 183 people, or 1 in 502,381. Besides Egypt this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.

Waffel Last Name Statistics demography

Waffel earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 29.38% more than the national average, earning $55,825 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waffell925/
Wafel9142/
Baffel8317/
Weffel835/
Wafeel831/
Vaffel831/
Waefel831/
Waifel830/
Wasfel830/
Wafl802/
Weuffel7715/
Woeffel776/
Wadfell772/
Wafeesl771/
Baffell771/
Weiffel771/
Watfeld770/
Baffeel770/
Wodffel770/
Bauffel770/
Wawfelt770/
Wefel73457/
Wafil7337/
Bafel737/
Woffl731/
Vafel731/
Wofel730/
Waisfeld7144/
Wadfeldt7110/
Wassfelt715/
Waysfeld711/
Waisfell710/
Böffel6784/
Boffel6755/
Waschfeld6741/
Woefel6737/
Baffil6711/
Bafeel676/
Vafael674/
Waphel672/
Wuefel672/
Wajdtfeel672/
Wafleh671/
Wofuel671/
Voffel671/
Wheatfell671/
Weifel671/
Weufel670/
Vaufel670/
Woofel670/
Wofeld670/
Wodfel670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Waffel
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