Walessa Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Walessa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 43 | 1:1,872,220 | 105,027 |
| Poland | 11 | 1:3,455,341 | 126,214 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Walessa (282) may also be a first name.
Walessa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Walessa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Walessa is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Walessa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Walessa? popularity and diffusion
Walessa is the 2,372,517th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 112,116,091 people. The last name Walessa is primarily found in Europe, where 86 percent of Walessa reside; 69 percent reside in Western Europe and 68 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Walessa is also the 527,582nd most widespread given name at a global level, held by 282 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Germany, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 1,872,220. In Germany it is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 47 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 19 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 14 percent live. Other than Germany it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Poland, where 17 percent live and Canada, where 9 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 Walessa
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