Wefald Surname

1,666,404th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 119 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Wefald Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wefald Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States871:4,166,195223,594
Norway321:160,69619,635

Wefald Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wefald is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wefald? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wefald is the 1,666,404th most widely held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 61,239,882 people. The surname Wefald occurs mostly in The Americas, where 73 percent of Wefald live; 73 percent live in North America and 73 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 87 people, or 1 in 4,166,195. In The United States it is most common in: Kansas, where 22 percent are found, California, where 20 percent are found and Minnesota, where 18 percent are found. Excluding The United States it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Norway, where 27 percent are found.

Wefald Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wefald surname are 18.2% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 71.43% registered with the political party.

The amount Wefald earn in different countries varies marginally. In Norway they earn 12.19% more than the national average, earning 388,253 kr per year and in United States they earn 14.15% more than the national average, earning $49,253 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wedfald9211/
Weffald925/
Weedfald8636/
Vefald8363/
Wefeild771/
Veedfald7144/
Whitfeald670/
Woffold621/
Whitfold571/
Wizfeild570/
Withfeild531/
Byfalt501/

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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 Wefald
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