Wasniewski Surname

569,728th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 554 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Sweden

Wasniewski Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wasniewski Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3581:1,012,45574,653
Germany451:1,789,010101,917
Poland361:1,055,79973,637
England271:2,063,63279,942
Brazil221:9,730,651206,332
Sweden181:547,04239,827
France171:3,907,219231,005
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Waśniewski (17) & Wąśniewski (1) are calculated separately.

Wasniewski Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wasniewski is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Waśniewski or Wąśniewski. For other potential spellings of Wasniewski click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wasniewski? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wasniewski is the 569,728th most widespread family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 13,154,415 people. The last name Wasniewski occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 64 percent of Wasniewski are found; 60 percent are found in North America and 60 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 358 people, or 1 in 1,012,455. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Illinois, where 18 percent live, Pennsylvania, where 11 percent live and New Jersey, where 11 percent live. Beside The United States this surname occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 8 percent live and Poland, where 6 percent live.

Wasniewski Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wasniewski last name are 7.31% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.08% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Wasniewski earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 40.11% less than the national average, earning 207,276 kr per year; in United States they earn 22.11% more than the national average, earning $52,688 USD per year and in Canada they earn 43.75% more than the national average, earning $71,417 CAD per year.

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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 Wasniewski
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