Waving Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Waving Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 63 | 1:884,414 | 45,970 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
Waving Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waving Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waving is held by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waving? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,255,512th most widespread last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 102,641,492 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 92 percent of Waving are found; 90 percent are found in Northern Europe and 90 percent are found in British Isles.
It is most commonly used in England, where it is held by 63 people, or 1 in 884,414. In England it is most common in: Greater London, where 43 percent are found, Somerset, where 24 percent are found and Kent, where 19 percent are found. Beside England this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.
Waving Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Waving has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Waving surname grew 1,260 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weaving | 92 | 1,615 | / |
| Waeving | 92 | 2 | / |
| Weavings | 86 | 1 | / |
| Baving | 83 | 241 | / |
| Weving | 83 | 1 | / |
| Woviong | 77 | 7 | / |
| Beaving | 77 | 7 | / |
| Waiwung | 77 | 1 | / |
| Beauving | 71 | 6 | / |
| Huawaing | 71 | 1 | / |
| Boving | 67 | 314 | / |
| Wawung | 67 | 67 | / |
| Bavink | 67 | 38 | / |
| Voving | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vaveng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bouving | 62 | 8 | / |
| Voviong | 62 | 7 | / |
| Wobeing | 62 | 1 | / |
| Boweing | 62 | 1 | / |
| Weibujng | 57 | 1 | / |
| Vavinkova | 53 | 1 | / |
| Boväng | 50 | 73 | / |
| Boveng | 50 | 11 | / |
| Väväng | 50 | 5 | / |
| Bovéng | 50 | 2 | / |
| Wauveaneck | 50 | 0 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Waving
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