Waos Surname

1,558,593rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 132 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Waos Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Waos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191

Waos Last Name Facts

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

The surname Waos occurs most in Egypt. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Waos? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,558,593rd most numerous last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 55,208,681 people. Waos is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Waos live; 92 percent live in North Africa and 92 percent live in Arabic North Africa.

It is most commonly held in Egypt, where it is borne by 122 people, or 1 in 753,572. Apart from Egypt this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 6 percent live and Thailand, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wayos891/
Waots891/
Waosh891/
Wahous80163/
Wahoos801/
Waňous801/
Weaosh800/
Baos7522,668/
Vaos75104/
Woas7529/
Waoj752/
Waoz751/
Waox751/
Wahoush7313/
Vahos672,513/
Wohos67144/
Wouas6725/
Weaas6718/
Baðos6717/
Woyus679/
Wahoc675/
Baous675/
Vhaos672/
Baois671/
Baňos671/
Vaose671/
Vaois671/
Vaoes671/
Wauas671/
Wohas671/
Baosh671/
Woash670/
Waaus670/
Weahouse670/

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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 Waos
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis