Walås Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Walås Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Walås Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway111:467,48139,375
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077

Walås Last Name Facts

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

The surname Walås has its highest incidence in Norway. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Walås? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,908,606th most frequently held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Walås is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Walås live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.

Walås is most common in Norway, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 467,481. In Norway Walås is most prevalent in: Eastern Norway, where 100 percent live. Outside of Norway this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Sweden, where 31 percent live.

Walås Last Name Statistics demography

Walås earn notably less less than the average income. In Norway they earn 18.51% less than the national average, earning 282,033 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wallås911/
Wals891,505/
Walsh80313,788/
Walls8064,776/
Wales8021,991/
Wahls801,231/
Waals80413/
Walse80377/
Wails80112/
Weals80109/
Wauls8075/
Walss8057/
Walsø8038/
Valås8032/
Walhs807/
Walsj802/
Whals801/
Walsz801/
Watls801/
Wayls800/
Walshe737,395/
Wailes732,113/
Walles731,915/
Walsch73734/
Waeles73621/
Whales73458/
Wheals73154/
Walsøe73149/
Whalls73120/
Weales73116/
Wallsh7375/
Wayles7360/
Walese7356/
Wealls7337/
Wasels7325/
Walesz7317/
Waless7310/
Wahlse739/
Waslsh737/
Vallås735/
Waills733/
Wahles733/
Walshh732/
Walssh732/
Wuales732/
Wealsh732/
Walhes731/
Wallss731/
Whails731/
Waalsh731/
Waales731/
Wailsh730/
Wallse730/
Walz6731,103/
Bals674,062/
Vals671,001/
Wols67683/
Wailess67175/
Wallesz6745/
Wallsch6730/
Whalles677/
Walsche677/
Walless674/
Whatles673/
Wallese673/
Wattels673/
Wheales672/
Wallsce672/
Wattils672/
Walesse672/
Wallest671/
Wailsse671/
Waleshe671/
D'Walsh671/
Wualles671/
Wualese671/
Waalshe671/
Wahalls671/
Wasless671/
Watells671/
Waasels671/
Whale's671/
Uals671/
Watless670/
Wealshe670/
Wahlest670/
Whailes670/
Wahales670/
Whaless670/
Wachels670/
Wassels670/
Wauless670/

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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 Walås
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