Waghemans Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Waghemans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Waghemans 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
Belgium361:319,35136,407
Netherlands101:1,688,71881,846
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Waghemans Last Name Facts

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

The last name Waghemans is most common in Belgium. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Waghemans? popularity and diffusion

The surname Waghemans is the 2,843,861st most frequently used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Waghemans live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently used in Belgium, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 319,351. In Belgium it is primarily found in: Flemish Region, where 100 percent reside. Not including Belgium it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 21 percent reside and Thailand, where 2 percent reside.

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
Waeghemans951/
Wagemans943,542/
Waegemans89605/
Wagemanns8975/
Waagemans8962/
Weagemans891/
Vagemans821/
Wegemans821/
Weggemans78694/
Boghemans7827/
Bogemans71471/
Boogemans6759/
Bogemanns671/
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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 Waghemans
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