Wastell Surname

254,471st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,552 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Wastell Surname Definition:

Metonymic for Wasteler, q.v.

Wastell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia7461:36,1874,757
England5211:106,94411,177
United States1431:2,534,678154,329
Canada481:767,61660,775
Austria431:198,03324,866
Scotland111:486,71119,179
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Wales71:442,07621,198
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1961:124,36411,707
Wales111:142,5835,610
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States241:2,092,445103,667

Wastell Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Metonymic for Wasteler, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A fine kind of bread. Old French, gastel, gasteau. Bread used with the wassail-bowl. Jamieson. Chaucer's Prioress fed her hounds with Wastel brede. Its adoption as a surname is not readily explained. See , however, Whitbread, and Simnel, in the Supplement. The name in H.R. is Wastel without prefix.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Roger, Hugh Wastel, Normandy 1180 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Ralph, Richard Wastel, Engl.c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).

The Norman People (1874)

A location name in Worcestershire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Wastell Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wastell is borne by more people in Australia than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wastell? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 254,471st most numerous surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 4,695,584 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 49 percent of Wastell reside; 49 percent reside in Australasia and 49 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

Wastell is most widespread in Australia, where it is held by 746 people, or 1 in 36,187. In Australia Wastell is primarily concentrated in: Victoria, where 47 percent reside, South Australia, where 35 percent reside and New South Wales, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Australia this last name occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in England, where 34 percent reside and The United States, where 9 percent reside.

Wastell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wastell has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Wastell surname grew 266 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 596 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it decreased 36 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wastell Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wastell last name are 22.63% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 75.86% being registered with the political party.

The amount Wastell earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 61.98% more than the national average, earning R 384,924 per year; in United States they earn 20.22% more than the national average, earning $51,872 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.94% more than the national average, earning $54,621 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waistell93340/
Weastell93173/
Washtell9355/
Wastel9255/
Westell86588/
Bastell8654/
Wastiel8627/
Vastell863/
Washtel861/
Wastill860/
Waistel860/
Wostell860/
Wastl831,426/
Wachtell80161/
Whestell804/
Woestell801/
Beastell800/
Bastel771,094/
Vastel77113/
Westel7744/
Wasztl7735/
Waxtel7721/
Wostel7717/
Wastøl7711/
Westll770/
Watchtell750/
Wachtel717,383/
Wasztyl71293/
Westeel71281/
Vostell7128/
Baustel7112/
Wadstål715/
Wasstøl715/
Wuestel715/
Weistel714/
Basteel714/
Vestell713/
Weestel712/
Baxtell712/
Bostell712/
Wosztel711/
Woostel710/
Whestel710/
Bastl671,113/
Vastl67129/
Wostl6766/
Wastlová6742/
Westl673/
Wajcetel672/
Wastlova671/
Westthel671/
Watchtel671/
Wöstl671/
Boistell670/
Baxxtell670/
Wauchtel670/

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