Wowesny Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Wowesny Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wowesny 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
Slovakia91:592,93964,129
England21:27,859,030389,889
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

The alternate forms: Wowesný (3) are calculated separately.

Wowesny Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wowesny is found most frequently in Slovakia. It may occur as a variant: Wowesný. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wowesny? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,587,209th most commonly used surname internationally, held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. Wowesny occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Wowesny live; 75 percent live in Eastern Europe and 75 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

The surname is most widespread in Slovakia, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 592,939. In Slovakia Wowesny is mostly concentrated in: Nitra Region, where 100 percent live. Outside of Slovakia Wowesny exists in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 17 percent live and Australia, where 8 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
Wowesný953/
Wowesná862/
Weisny776/
Wowene771/
Vovesny7112/
Wobenyi713/
Waeny6767/
Weiny6757/
Woischny6729/
Woene677/
Wojny672/
Weany671/
Waweczny671/
Woiny671/
Bouwesne671/
Bowessne670/
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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 Wowesny
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