Wallaces Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Argentina
Highest density in:
Panama

Wallaces Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Wallaces Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Wallaces (16) may also be a first name.

Wallaces Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wallaces is found in Argentina more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wallaces? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Wallaces live; 38 percent live in South America and 38 percent live in Hispanic Southern America. Wallaces is also the 2,786,762nd most common first name globally It is held by 16 people.

It is most frequent in Argentina, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 14,247,805. In Argentina it is primarily found in: Buenos Aires Province, where 67 percent are found and Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, where 33 percent are found. Not including Argentina Wallaces exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 13 percent are found and Liberia, where 13 percent are found.

Wallaces Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wallaces has changed over time. In The United States it decreased 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wallacej881/
Wallases881/
Wallacez881/
Ballases7518/
Valloces757/
Vallacis752/
Wallasys751/
Vailaces751/
Wollacis751/
Balaiches719/
Valacheas711/
Balacis6717/
Valases672/
Valacez671/
Valoces671/
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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 Wallaces
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