Wafner Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Argentina
Highest density in:
Ireland

Wafner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wafner Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Argentina91:4,749,268159,873
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Wafner Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wafner occurs more in Argentina more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Wafner.

How Common Is The Last Name Wafner? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wafner is the 5,587,209th most widely held last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 83 percent of Wafner reside; 75 percent reside in South America and 75 percent reside in Hispanic Southern America.

This surname is most commonly used in Argentina, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 4,749,268. In Argentina it is most numerous in: Santa Fe Province, where 100 percent live. Apart from Argentina it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Ireland, where 8 percent live and Germany, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waffner9281/
Waefner921/
Wafhner921/
Wofner8321/
Wefner832/
Wopfner77313/
Weifner7738/
Wattfenner751/
Weifener711/
Wafnaire711/
Weiffner710/
Vefner671/
Huefner62410/
Hueffner5739/
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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 Wafner
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