Wasp Surname

942,947th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 278 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Wasp Surname Definition:

A sobriquet applied to a choleric or spiteful person. Waps (A-Sax. weeps, a wasp), is also found as a surname.

Wasp Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1741:2,083,097132,570
England701:795,97243,050
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
France21:33,211,361423,184
China21:683,660,78330,601
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England821:297,26120,172
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

Wasp (57) may also be a first name.

Wasp Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A sobriquet applied to a choleric or spiteful person. Waps (A-Sax. weeps, a wasp), is also found as a surname.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower
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Wasp Demographics

Average Wasp Salary in
United States

$54,093 USD

Per year
Rank:
302,739 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
2.98102E-5
Rank: 196,064 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
125.36%
Sample size: 47 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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Wasp Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wasp occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wasp? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wasp is the 942,947th most widespread surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 26,214,194 people. The surname Wasp is predominantly found in The Americas, where 66 percent of Wasp are found; 65 percent are found in North America and 64 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Wasp is also the 1,308,380th most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 57 people.

The surname Wasp is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 174 people, or 1 in 2,083,097. In The United States it is most frequent in: New York, where 27 percent live, California, where 11 percent live and Texas, where 8 percent live. Outside of The United States it exists in 27 countries. It is also found in England, where 25 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

Wasp Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wasp has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wasp last name expanded 967 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 15 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wasp Last Name Statistics demography

Wasp earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 25.36% more than the national average, earning $54,093 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waspe89379/
Waasp894/
Wassp891/
Wesp751,526/
Wasb7511/
Basp754/
Wosp752/
Vasp751/
Uasp751/
Wäspe67140/
Bashp6736/
Wasbø6725/
Weesp6711/
Vaspe6710/
Weszp671/
Bassp671/
Weasb671/
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wasp
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