Warning Surname

140,302nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,182 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Suriname

Warning Surname Definition:

There is a Mount Warning in New South Wales, East Australia; but this name is doubtless a patronymic of Warn. See Willing.

Warning Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3821:262,27124,748
Germany1,1421:70,4958,979
Netherlands2351:71,86012,217
Indonesia1941:681,69753,131
Suriname641:8,6352,172
Canada541:682,32655,162
Denmark231:245,42219,084
Argentina171:2,514,318114,515
Liberia131:339,11818,650
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Gabon41:472,2983,618
England31:18,572,686338,250
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Saint Martin11:35,156229
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2201:228,26719,274

The alternate forms: Wärning (4) are calculated separately.

Warning (569) may also be a first name.

Warning Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

There is a Mount Warning in New South Wales, East Australia; but this name is doubtless a patronymic of Warn. See Willing.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Warning Last Name Facts

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

The last name Warning is most common in The United States. It can be found as: Wärning. Click here for further potential spellings of Warning.

How Common Is The Last Name Warning? popularity and diffusion

The last name Warning is the 140,302nd most frequently held family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,290,241 people. Warning occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 47 percent of Warning reside; 45 percent reside in North America and 45 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Warning is also the 351,631st most numerous first name world-wide It is held by 569 people.

The last name Warning is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 1,382 people, or 1 in 262,271. In The United States Warning is most frequent in: Illinois, where 24 percent reside, Wisconsin, where 10 percent reside and Kentucky, where 7 percent reside. Apart from The United States this surname is found in 34 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 36 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 7 percent reside.

Warning Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Warning has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Warning last name expanded 628 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Warning Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Warning surname are 27.32% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 74.09% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Warning earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 9.33% more than the national average, earning $47,175 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.97% less than the national average, earning $46,716 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wärning954/
Waarning931/
Wearning930/
Werning862,442/
Barning861,295/
Warnink86148/
Worning86144/
Varning862/
Vaarning8055/
Weerning8030/
Warninck8016/
Waarnink808/
Warnincs802/
Wehrning802/
Barnning801/
Warnnink800/
Woerning800/
Borning71143/
Wernink71131/
Verning7172/
Wernäng7114/
Börning718/
Barneng710/
Weernink67388/
Werninck6744/
Bourning671/
Verrning670/
Verrnning630/
Borneng573/
Huernink5327/
Börninck535/

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