Wirlen Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Wirlen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 51 | 1:407,237 | 34,925 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Wirlén (6) are calculated separately.
Wirlen (179) may also be a first name.
Wirlen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wirlen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wirlen is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Wirlén. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wirlen? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,555,468th most widely held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Wirlen live; 89 percent live in Central Africa and 74 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Wirlen is also the 681,368th most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 179 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 51 people, or 1 in 407,237. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 80 percent reside and South Region, where 18 percent reside. Besides Cameroon this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent reside and Brazil, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wirlén | 94 | 6 | / |
| Wirlent | 92 | 24 | / |
| Wirlend | 92 | 23 | / |
| Wihrlen | 92 | 6 | / |
| Wirlein | 92 | 0 | / |
| Whirlein | 86 | 1 | / |
| Weirlein | 86 | 0 | / |
| Werlen | 83 | 1,609 | / |
| Wirlin | 83 | 3 | / |
| Birlen | 83 | 2 | / |
| Wirlem | 83 | 2 | / |
| Virlen | 83 | 1 | / |
| Werlein | 77 | 672 | / |
| Wehrlen | 77 | 213 | / |
| Birlean | 77 | 180 | / |
| Wuhrlen | 77 | 15 | / |
| Werlhen | 77 | 8 | / |
| Wirlind | 77 | 5 | / |
| Wherlen | 77 | 4 | / |
| Birlein | 77 | 2 | / |
| Werlien | 77 | 2 | / |
| Wirline | 77 | 0 | / |
| Werrlein | 71 | 85 | / |
| Bairlein | 71 | 47 | / |
| Wehrlein | 71 | 36 | / |
| Beirlein | 71 | 19 | / |
| Vierlein | 71 | 11 | / |
| Weirling | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wearlean | 71 | 1 | / |
| Berlen | 67 | 426 | / |
| Werlin | 67 | 366 | / |
| Birlin | 67 | 133 | / |
| Verlen | 67 | 40 | / |
| Virlin | 67 | 14 | / |
| Wärlén | 67 | 4 | / |
| Byrlen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Werlne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Virlyn | 67 | 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
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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 Wirlen
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