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 in Australia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Waights? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,808,717th most numerous last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 50 percent of Waights reside; 48 percent reside in Northern Europe and 46 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name is most widely held in Australia, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 1,227,077. In Australia it is mostly found in: New South Wales, where 77 percent are found, Queensland, where 18 percent are found and South Australia, where 5 percent are found. Other than Australia it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 46 percent are found and The United States, where 4 percent are found.

Waights Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Waights has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Waights surname grew 733 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 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
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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 Waights
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