Wailess Surname
Approximately 175 people bear this surname
Wailess Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
Wailess (13) may also be a first name.
Wailess Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wailess Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wailess has its highest incidence in Malawi. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wailess? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,295,379th most frequently held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 41,643,120 people. The surname Wailess is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wailess live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 13 people.
It is most numerous in Malawi, where it is borne by 157 people, or 1 in 109,039. Not including Malawi it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 8 percent live and Tanzania, where 2 percent live.
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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 Wailess
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