Wahlback Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Wahlback Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wahlback Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland121:458,05828,977
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wahlback Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wahlback is held by more people in Finland than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wahlback? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,772,636th most frequent surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. Wahlback occurs predominantly in Europe, where 88 percent of Wahlback live; 82 percent live in Northern Europe and 76 percent live in Scandinavia.

This last name is most frequently used in Finland, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 458,058. In Finland Wahlback is most frequent in: Uusimaa, where 92 percent reside and Northern Savonia, where 8 percent reside. Not including Finland it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 6 percent reside and Scotland, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wahlbacke9411/
Walback9317/
Wallback884/
Wahlbock880/
Wealback880/
Walbacke880/
Wallbacks822/
Balback80138/
Walbock803/
Wolback802/
Valback801/
Ballback7588/
Weilback751/
Whelbock750/
Wallwack750/
Valbak7188/
Walwak717/
Balbac716/
Walbok711/
Wolbac711/
Wolbak710/
Wheelbock710/
Valbaks672/
Walwake672/
Balbock672/
Balbakh671/
Baalbak671/
Wallwak670/
Volback670/

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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 Wahlback
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