Walsmley Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Walsmley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Walsmley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England161:1,523,46151,234
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Walsmley Last Name Facts

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

Walsmley occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Walsmley? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 10,311,814th most frequent last name on earth, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Walsmley is primarily found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Walsmley are found; 67 percent are found in North America and 67 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is most common in: Massachusetts, where 50 percent live and Pennsylvania, where 50 percent live. Apart from The United States this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Australia, where 33 percent live.

Walsmley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Walsmley has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Walsmley surname declined 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Walsmley Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Walsmiller780/
Walismal751/
Wells-Mole671/
Woolsmiller630/
Wallace-Mele602/
Wilismail597/
Valsmilli591/
Wolzmüller561/
Willismail561/

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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 Walsmley
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