Wágner Surname

127,765th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,549 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Wágner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wágner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary3,3741:2,909331
Slovakia1331:40,1247,469
Czechia331:322,22640,051
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
England11:55,718,059489,080
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Wagner (636,675) & Wagnér (1) are calculated separately.

Wágner (22) may also be a first name.

Wágner Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wágner occurs more in Hungary more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Wagner or Wagnér. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wágner? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 127,765th most commonly held family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 2,053,408 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Wágner are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 95 percent are found in Hungaro-Europe. Wágner is also the 2,301,746th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 22 people.

The surname Wágner is most commonly occurring in Hungary, where it is held by 3,374 people, or 1 in 2,909. In Hungary it is mostly concentrated in: Pest County, where 32 percent reside, Budapest, where 16 percent reside and Baranya County, where 12 percent reside. Excluding Hungary this surname occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 4 percent reside and Czechia, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wagner94636,675/
Wagnér891/
Vágner832,186/
Wogner8315/
Wágnerová80184/
Weigner77746/
Waggner77229/
Waagner77153/
Wagneur77107/
Waigner7758/
Wajgner7746/
Wagnerr778/
Whagner774/
Wagnner774/
Waghner772/
Wasgner772/
Wagnere772/
Wagneer772/
Waygner772/
Weagner772/
Wagnger771/
Wuagner771/
Waugner770/
Wagnesr770/
Weighner7142/
Wacgnere7110/
D'Wagner715/
Waggneer713/
Weigener711/
Waughner710/
Wanghner710/
Wagenner710/
Vagner6721,636/
Bogner6713,566/
Vágnerová671,039/
Bagner67255/
Wagnerova6763/
Vogner6724/
Wognerová678/
Wagnir674/
Waggenner670/

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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 Wágner
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