Waïs Surname
6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Most prevalent in:
Djibouti
Highest density in:
Djibouti
Waïs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Djibouti | 9 | 1:101,659 | 734 |
The alternate forms: Wais (16,586) are calculated separately.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wais | 92 | 16,586 | / |
| Waïss | 89 | 2 | / |
| Was | 86 | 5,543 | / |
| Wase | 75 | 13,494 | / |
| Wass | 75 | 8,568 | / |
| Waas | 75 | 6,668 | / |
| Wash | 75 | 6,336 | / |
| Wajs | 75 | 3,097 | / |
| Ways | 75 | 1,032 | / |
| Weas | 75 | 350 | / |
| Wasz | 75 | 119 | / |
| Hwas | 75 | 75 | / |
| Waus | 75 | 53 | / |
| Wahs | 75 | 24 | / |
| Baïs | 75 | 5 | / |
| Wuas | 75 | 3 | / |
| Wasc | 75 | 3 | / |
| Vaïs | 75 | 3 | / |
| Whas | 75 | 3 | / |
| Wasj | 75 | 1 | / |
| Vwas | 75 | 1 | / |
| Waıs | 75 | 1 | / |
| Waxs | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wgas | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wwas | 75 | 1 | / |
| Waais | 67 | 9,441 | / |
| Wahsh | 67 | 4,825 | / |
| Wasse | 67 | 3,713 | / |
| Waays | 67 | 2,494 | / |
| Waiss | 67 | 2,459 | / |
| Washe | 67 | 2,381 | / |
| Hwais | 67 | 1,425 | / |
| Wease | 67 | 1,220 | / |
| Wasch | 67 | 580 | / |
| Hwash | 67 | 433 | / |
| Waise | 67 | 295 | / |
| Wahas | 67 | 207 | / |
| Wayse | 67 | 195 | / |
| Wayhs | 67 | 181 | / |
| Wahus | 67 | 175 | / |
| Wayss | 67 | 124 | / |
| Wayts | 67 | 109 | / |
| Waish | 67 | 103 | / |
| Whass | 67 | 42 | / |
| Waase | 67 | 40 | / |
| Wajss | 67 | 36 | / |
| Hwass | 67 | 33 | / |
| Waeys | 67 | 24 | / |
| Whase | 67 | 23 | / |
| Wauts | 67 | 19 | / |
| Wadst | 67 | 18 | / |
| Waush | 67 | 16 | / |
| Waihs | 67 | 15 | / |
| Waysz | 67 | 15 | / |
| Wause | 67 | 14 | / |
| Wastå | 67 | 14 | / |
| Whais | 67 | 14 | / |
| Wahss | 67 | 13 | / |
| Washt | 67 | 12 | / |
| Waasz | 67 | 10 | / |
| Waszt | 67 | 9 | / |
| Waash | 67 | 8 | / |
| Wahts | 67 | 8 | / |
| Wuase | 67 | 7 | / |
| Waisz | 67 | 6 | / |
| Wahys | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wadås | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wajts | 67 | 4 | / |
| Weats | 67 | 4 | / |
| Waasp | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wassh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wahst | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hwase | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wahzs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wauss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weads | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waats | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waust | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waads | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weass | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wassd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waisd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Washs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hwast | 67 | 1 | / |
| Way's | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wassp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wajst | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whash | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whast | 67 | 1 | / |
| Washj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waysh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waass | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wauds | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wastt | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wayds | 67 | 0 | / |
| Weash | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wayzs | 67 | 0 | / |
| Hwaas | 67 | 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
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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 Waïs
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