Waldsam Surname

1,967,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 90 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Waldsam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Waldsam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria841:101,37414,603
Nicaragua41:1,505,2725,843
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288

Waldsam Last Name Facts

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

The surname Waldsam is found most frequently in Austria. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Waldsam.

How Common Is The Last Name Waldsam? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,967,751st most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Waldsam are found; 94 percent are found in Western Europe and 94 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently used in Austria, where it is held by 84 people, or 1 in 101,374. In Austria Waldsam is most prevalent in: Styria, where 85 percent live, Lower Austria, where 14 percent live and Upper Austria, where 1 percent live. Barring Austria this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Nicaragua, where 4 percent live and Germany, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Baldsam860/
Waldsom860/
Waldshan8019/
Waldszan8011/
Walzam771/
Waldshain751/
Waldson7110/
Waldsen711/
Baldsom711/
Walcham710/
Waalzaam679/

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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 Waldsam
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