Wereld Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Wereld Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wereld Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands251:675,48754,943
Peru11:31,784,12364,452

Wereld Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wereld is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wereld? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wereld is the 3,882,373rd most common family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. The surname Wereld occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Wereld reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 675,487. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: North Holland, where 60 percent are found, Limburg, where 24 percent are found and Flevoland, where 4 percent are found. Barring The Netherlands this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Peru, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Werelds92181/
Weereld922/
Werld913/
Weerelds8653/
Bereld8316/
Werelts7711/
Weerelt776/
Wehrelt771/
Worreld770/
World731,166/
Warld732/
Weerelts7123/
Wirzield711/
Berild67125/
Warild6760/
Berled678/
Waryld673/
Werlet672/
Worlld671/
Wirlds670/
Verelt670/

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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 Wereld
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