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 commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Wirlén. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wirlen? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,555,468th most widely held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Wirlen are found; 89 percent are found in Central Africa and 74 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Wirlen is also the 681,368th most numerous first name world-wide It is held by 179 people.
This last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 51 people, or 1 in 407,237. In Cameroon Wirlen is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 80 percent are found and South Region, where 18 percent are found. Besides Cameroon Wirlen is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 7 percent are found and Brazil, where 2 percent are found.
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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