Walfried Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Walfried Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Walfried Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia171:141,7299,461
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Walfried (2,151) may also be a first name.

Walfried Last Name Facts

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

Walfried is found in Namibia more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Walfried click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Walfried? popularity and diffusion

Walfried is the 4,649,889th most widely held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. Walfried is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Walfried are found; 94 percent are found in Southern Africa and 94 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Walfried is also the 161,765th most widespread forename throughout the world, held by 2,151 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Namibia, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 141,729. In Namibia it is most numerous in: Hardap Region, where 71 percent live, Oshana Region, where 24 percent live and Erongo Region, where 6 percent live. Aside from Namibia this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Australia, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wahlfried9413/
Wallfried9413/
Walfrid9346/
Walfred9317/
Wahlfrid8876/
Wallfred8855/
Walfreed883/
Wahlfreds824/
Wolfred8088/
Wolfrid809/
Walfret801/
Walfrit801/
Balfred800/
Balfroid75292/
Vahlfrid759/
Woolfred751/
Woolfrid751/
Wohlfred751/
Wolfryd6743/
Wolfret671/
Boulfred6312/
Wolfretz631/
Valfroit630/
Wolfreit630/
Wolfrecht590/

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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 Walfried
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