Wireless Surname

1,231,034th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 189 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Botswana

Wireless Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Wireless Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1261:122,52616,470
Botswana501:43,7398,388
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Wireless (595) may also be a first name.

Wireless Last Name Facts

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

Wireless is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wireless? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,231,034th most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 38,558,444 people. Wireless is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Wireless reside; 94 percent reside in Southern Africa and 94 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 342,839th most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 595 people.

The last name Wireless is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 126 people, or 1 in 122,526. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Mashonaland East Province, where 37 percent live, Mashonaland West Province, where 31 percent live and Mashonaland Central Province, where 10 percent live. Aside from Zimbabwe Wireless occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 26 percent live and Canada, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wireles936/
Wiriless889/
Vireless883/
Wereless881/
Wiriliess8210/
Vireles8010/
Wiriles801/
Wergeles7559/
Wiriliss751/
Baireles751/
Bireleys751/
Wirilhes751/
Virreles751/
Viroles6757/
Virelis6734/
Virales679/
Biriles672/
Wirilez671/
Viriles671/
Byreles671/
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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 Wireless
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