Waights Surname

2,808,717th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 48 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Waights Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Waights Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia221:1,227,07766,405
England221:2,532,63991,802
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
France11:66,422,722504,397
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Waights Last Name Facts

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

The last name Waights occurs more in Australia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Waights? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,808,717th most frequent surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 151,823,873 people. Waights is primarily found in Europe, where 50 percent of Waights live; 48 percent live in Northern Europe and 46 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most frequent in Australia, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 1,227,077. In Australia Waights is most numerous in: New South Wales, where 77 percent reside, Queensland, where 18 percent reside and South Australia, where 5 percent reside. Outside of Australia it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 46 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.

Waights Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Waights has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name grew 733 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wights9214/
Weights86121/
Wayghts860/
Bights774/
Vaghts773/
Beights71226/
Voights7192/
Veights718/
Vaughts710/
Waghz672/
Woughtse671/
Veghts6224/
Weigetz5713/
Vueghts571/
Voigets570/
Boughts570/
Vaghz501/

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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 Waights
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