Wahner Surname
Approximately 1,009 people bear this surname
Wahner Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 721 | 1:111,658 | 13,754 |
| United States | 241 | 1:1,503,979 | 102,346 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Austria | 7 | 1:1,216,491 | 80,919 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 43 | 1:1,167,876 | 66,381 |
The alternate forms: Wähner (1,092) & Wahnér (2) are calculated separately.
Wahner Demographics
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Wahner Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wahner Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wahner is most common in Germany. It may also occur as a variant: Wähner or Wahnér. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wahner? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 359,182nd most widespread last name internationally, held by around 1 in 7,222,543 people. The last name Wahner occurs predominantly in Europe, where 74 percent of Wahner live; 74 percent live in Western Europe and 74 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is held by 721 people, or 1 in 111,658. In Germany it is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 30 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 19 percent live and Bavaria, where 14 percent live. Apart from Germany Wahner exists in 10 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 24 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.
Wahner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wahner has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wahner surname rose 560 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wahner Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wahner surname are 32.26% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 79.03% being registered to vote for the political party.
Wahner earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 14.08% less than the national average, earning $37,073 USD per year.
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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 Wahner
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