Wanicek Surname

2,635,433rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 54 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Wanicek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wanicek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria271:315,38635,058
Germany151:5,367,031196,901
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Wanicek Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wanicek is found most in Austria. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wanicek? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,635,433rd most prevalent surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 134,954,554 people. The last name Wanicek is predominantly found in Europe, where 78 percent of Wanicek reside; 78 percent reside in Western Europe and 78 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Wanicek is most widespread in Austria, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 315,386. In Austria Wanicek is mostly found in: Lower Austria, where 52 percent live and Vienna, where 48 percent live. Aside from Austria this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 28 percent live and The United States, where 15 percent live.

Wanicek Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wanicek has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 114 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Wanicek
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