Wastney Surname

1,385,851st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 158 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
New Zealand
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Wastney Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wastney Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand1421:31,8905,546
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419

Wastney Last Name Facts

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

Wastney has its highest incidence in New Zealand. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Wastney click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wastney? popularity and diffusion

Wastney is the 1,385,851st most frequently held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 46,123,708 people. The last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 94 percent of Wastney reside; 94 percent reside in Australasia and 94 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

This last name is most widely held in New Zealand, where it is borne by 142 people, or 1 in 31,890. In New Zealand Wastney is mostly found in: Nelson, where 35 percent reside, Tasman Region, where 20 percent reside and Canterbury Region, where 11 percent reside. Not including New Zealand it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 4 percent reside and England, where 3 percent reside.

Wastney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wastney has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Wastney surname increased 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weastney930/
Watney92407/
Westney86623/
Whatney86108/
Wastner8618/
Wathney868/
Waitney864/
Wahtney861/
Weatney861/
Wattney860/
Vastney860/
Watne83817/
Watny83183/
Wuestney8032/
Wasthner803/
Wheatney802/
Whattney801/
Wathne77966/
Batney7765/
Watnee7736/
Wattne7730/
Watnoe7730/
Watnet7711/
Westny777/
Wastna774/
Westne772/
Watnoy771/
Watnyy770/
Watnayu71251/
Beatney7167/
Wostner7133/
Waitner7114/
Wöstner718/
Watnaya714/
Watenne712/
Watnyoh712/
Watgner712/
Whotney712/
Baatney711/
Whatnie711/
Woutney711/
Wajtner711/
Vestney711/
Whatnee711/
Westnay711/
Waitnes711/
Baitney711/
Bathney710/
Watna673,321/
Vatne671,959/
Wattinne67439/
Watni67424/
Batne6732/
Watnayut6729/
Wattenne6716/
Batny673/
Wastimna671/
Watenneh671/
Weistner671/
Wachtner671/
Wotny670/
Weatheny670/

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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 Wastney
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