Wallin Surname
Approximately 26,663 people bear this surname
Wallin Surname Definition:
(Anglo-French-Latin) WALLOON [FrenchWallon; [from Latin Gall-us, a Gaul (= O.H.Ger. Walh, a Celt]
Wallin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 13,036 | 1:755 | 54 |
| United States | 9,596 | 1:37,772 | 4,666 |
| Finland | 1,192 | 1:4,611 | 749 |
| Canada | 749 | 1:49,193 | 5,973 |
| England | 527 | 1:105,727 | 11,054 |
| Norway | 434 | 1:11,849 | 1,337 |
| Denmark | 395 | 1:14,290 | 1,397 |
| Australia | 328 | 1:82,304 | 9,537 |
| Germany | 62 | 1:1,298,475 | 82,291 |
| Thailand | 47 | 1:1,502,944 | 203,155 |
| Switzerland | 36 | 1:228,137 | 19,301 |
| Netherlands | 23 | 1:734,225 | 57,169 |
| Austria | 22 | 1:387,065 | 40,442 |
| France | 22 | 1:3,019,215 | 204,848 |
| Spain | 21 | 1:2,226,287 | 55,801 |
| Poland | 21 | 1:1,809,940 | 93,678 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Slovakia | 8 | 1:667,056 | 68,191 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Peru | 7 | 1:4,540,589 | 34,489 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Nicaragua | 6 | 1:1,003,515 | 4,885 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 246 | 1:99,087 | 10,036 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 622 | 1:80,737 | 8,499 |
Wallin (154) may also be a first name.
Wallin Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Anglo-French-Latin) WALLOON [FrenchWallon; [from Latin Gall-us, a Gaul (= O.H.Ger. Walh, a Celt]
(Swedish) Dweller on, or near, a fallow field.
Wallin Demographics
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Wallin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wallin Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wallin is found in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wallin? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wallin is the 20,490th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 273,321 people. The surname Wallin occurs predominantly in Europe, where 59 percent of Wallin reside; 59 percent reside in Northern Europe and 56 percent reside in Scandinavia. It is also the 740,891st most commonly held forename at a global level, held by 154 people.
The surname Wallin is most commonly used in Sweden, where it is borne by 13,036 people, or 1 in 755. In Sweden it is most numerous in: Stockholm County, where 26 percent live, Västra Götaland County, where 16 percent live and Skåne County, where 10 percent live. Besides Sweden this last name occurs in 60 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 36 percent live and Finland, where 4 percent live.
Wallin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wallin has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 1,543 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 214 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wallin Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Episcopalian (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Wallin surname are 14.75% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 61.52% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Wallin earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 6.41% more than the national average, earning 368,273 kr per year; in Peru they earn 101.52% more than the national average, earning S/. 39,064 per year; in United States they earn 2.35% more than the national average, earning $44,162 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.5% more than the national average, earning $53,409 CAD per year.
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Wallin Reference & Research
Walden DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Walden FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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
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