Wenceslas Surname
Approximately 1,332 people bear this surname
Wenceslas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,288 | 1:75,735 | 7,282 |
| Saint Lucia | 13 | 1:13,752 | 1,221 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Wenceslas (10,334) may also be a first name.
Wenceslas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wenceslas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wenceslas has its highest incidence in Ethiopia. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wenceslas.
How Common Is The Last Name Wenceslas? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 288,063rd most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 5,471,131 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Wenceslas live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 59,937th most commonly occurring given name internationally, borne by 10,334 people.
The last name Wenceslas is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 1,288 people, or 1 in 75,735. Aside from Ethiopia this surname exists in 19 countries. It also occurs in Saint Lucia, where 1 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wenceslaus | 95 | 1,817 | / |
| Wenceslass | 95 | 1 | / |
| Wenceslaas | 95 | 1 | / |
| Wencheslaus | 90 | 22 | / |
| Venceslas | 89 | 590 | / |
| Winceslas | 89 | 2 | / |
| Wenseslas | 89 | 1 | / |
| Wenceslos | 89 | 1 | / |
| Wenseslaus | 84 | 1,059 | / |
| Winceslaus | 84 | 22 | / |
| Venceslaus | 84 | 16 | / |
| Wenceslosh | 84 | 14 | / |
| Wenzeslaus | 84 | 11 | / |
| Wencislaus | 84 | 11 | / |
| Wencesleus | 84 | 8 | / |
| Wenceslous | 84 | 4 | / |
| Venceslass | 84 | 1 | / |
| Vensceslas | 84 | 1 | / |
| Wincheslaus | 80 | 1,065 | / |
| Wenchislaus | 80 | 1 | / |
| Venchesslas | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wencheslous | 80 | 1 | / |
| Vinceslas | 78 | 218 | / |
| Venseslas | 78 | 4 | / |
| Wenseslous | 74 | 32 | / |
| Vencislaus | 74 | 8 | / |
| Wensislaus | 74 | 8 | / |
| Wincislaus | 74 | 5 | / |
| Venseslaus | 74 | 1 | / |
| Winchislaus | 70 | 1,006 | / |
| Wenzyslous | 63 | 1 | / |
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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 Wenceslas
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