Waples Surname

249,252nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,593 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Waples Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Waples Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1251:322,18629,358
England2391:233,13019,331
Australia1421:190,11118,903
Canada671:549,93446,038
India51:153,413,076951,030
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
France11:66,422,722504,397
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1211:201,44915,997
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3731:134,63512,812

Waples Last Name Facts

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

The last name Waples is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Waples click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Waples? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 249,252nd most frequently used family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 4,574,731 people. The surname Waples occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 69 percent of Waples are found; 69 percent are found in North America and 69 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 1,125 people, or 1 in 322,186. In The United States it is mostly found in: Delaware, where 9 percent reside, Pennsylvania, where 8 percent reside and Florida, where 6 percent reside. Outside of The United States it exists in 14 countries. It is also common in England, where 15 percent reside and Australia, where 9 percent reside.

Waples Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Waples has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Waples surname grew 302 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 198 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Waples Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Waples surname are 22.15% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 68.92% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Waples earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 0.33% less than the national average, earning $43,005 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.93% more than the national average, earning $61,077 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whaples92252/
Wapples92116/
Waiples921/
Wayples920/
Whapples8691/
Waplis833/
Wapels832/
Vaples830/
Weplles771/
Wepples770/
Vapleus770/
Bapls731/
Whopples7129/
Baplis675/
Wepels670/
Boples670/
Vopleus627/
Whoplis620/
Beaupls620/

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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 Waples
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