Wants Surname

891,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 301 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Wants Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wants Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea1311:62,2428,061
Iran1011:760,22338,762
Brazil221:9,730,651206,332
India131:59,005,029552,550
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
France11:66,422,722504,397
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Wants (71) may also be a first name.

Wants Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wants is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wants? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 891,661st most widely held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 24,211,116 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 44 percent of Wants reside; 44 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 44 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Wants is also the 1,152,838th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 71 people.

Wants is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 131 people, or 1 in 62,242. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Western Highlands, where 77 percent live, Jiwaka, where 21 percent live and Southern Highlands, where 2 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 17 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 34 percent live and Brazil, where 7 percent live.

Wants Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wants has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wants surname increased 122 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wants Last Name Statistics demography

Wants earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 17.91% more than the national average, earning $50,875 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wantse9113/
Whants911/
Waintse831/
Wantz802,206/
Wands801,372/
Vants8059/
Bants807/
Wancs803/
Wonts802/
Wandås7325/
Baints7318/
Vaynts7317/
Wandsø736/
Bantsh735/
Vaints735/
Wantch731/
Wantrz731/
Wandsz731/
Waintz731/
Wandse731/
Waunds731/
Wanz67185/
Wanc67126/
Wantche6730/
Vantsch6715/
Vayntse6710/
Bantsch674/
Wandsøe671/
Vaintse671/

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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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  • 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 Wants
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