Wasdell Surname

1,441,361st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 149 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Wasdell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wasdell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England941:592,74535,632
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Wales91:343,83718,086
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England701:348,22022,196

Wasdell Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wasdell has its highest incidence in England. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wasdell? popularity and diffusion

Wasdell is the 1,441,361st most widely held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 48,909,704 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 70 percent of Wasdell are found; 70 percent are found in Northern Europe and 70 percent are found in British Isles.

Wasdell is most widely held in England, where it is held by 94 people, or 1 in 592,745. In England it is primarily concentrated in: West Midlands, where 34 percent live, Lancashire, where 16 percent live and Greater London, where 15 percent live. Barring England this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 11 percent live and Canada, where 9 percent live.

Wasdell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wasdell has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Wasdell last name rose 134 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wasdell Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Wasdell earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 5.79% less than the national average, earning R 223,884 per year; in United States they earn 84.82% more than the national average, earning $79,750 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.9% less than the national average, earning $45,262 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wasdel920/
Wesdell8616/
Basdell8610/
Vasdell861/
Baysdell8040/
Weisdell802/
Vassdell801/
Beasdell801/
Bashdell800/
Baisdell800/
Wajdel7730/
Wasdil773/
Basdel773/
Bosdell7196/
Bazdell7124/
Washdil713/
Baisdel711/
Vesdell710/
Weisedel6744/
Westdehl671/
Bossdell670/
Weishedel630/
Basdil62137/
Vajdel624/
Wazdil622/
Vesdel622/
Bazdel621/
Wajdeł621/
Bosdel620/
Weischedel59548/
Boxdell5729/
Vezsdel571/
Veszdel571/
Boisdel570/
Weischeddel561/
Weisschedel560/
Vajdl50102/

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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 Wasdell
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