Wanselow Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Wanselow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wanselow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden171:579,22142,433
Poland81:4,751,094138,864
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Wanselow Last Name Facts

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

Wanselow is borne by more people in Sweden than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wanselow? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,485,539th most widely held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 78 percent of Wanselow reside; 53 percent reside in Northern Europe and 53 percent reside in Scandinavia.

Wanselow is most widespread in Sweden, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 579,221. In Sweden Wanselow is most prevalent in: Östergötland County, where 71 percent live, Uppsala County, where 18 percent live and Örebro County, where 6 percent live. Aside from Sweden this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Poland, where 25 percent live and The United States, where 19 percent live.

Wanselow Last Name Statistics demography

Wanselow earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 26.71% less than the national average, earning $31,625 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vanselow881,549/
Banselow881/
Vangelow757/
Wangełow751/
Vansleow751/
Vancelow750/
Vonseelow711/
Wangeloff711/
Vangelov631,699/
Bansilaw6339/
Vangelof639/
Vonselov631/
Bangelov631/
Vangeloff5994/
Vanchelov592/
Vangeloof592/
Vancelova591/
Vanshalov591/
Vantgeloof565/
Vangilov507/
Bancilov501/
Bangilaw501/

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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 Wanselow
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