Wä Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Wä Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wä 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
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

The alternate forms: Wa (19,838) & Wá (3) are calculated separately.

Wä Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wä is found most frequently in Finland. It may be found as a variant: Wa or Wá. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wä? popularity and diffusion

It is the 10,311,814th most common last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 67 percent of Wä live; 33 percent live in Northern Europe and 33 percent live in Scandinavia.

Wä is most common in Finland, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 5,496,702. In Finland Wä is mostly concentrated in: Ostrobothnia, where 100 percent live. Aside from Finland it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 33 percent live and Kenya, where 33 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
Wa8319,838/
Wá833/
Wäß801/
Wäss6732/
Währ6727/
Wädt6726/
Wäst6722/
Wäch6717/
Wähe672/
Wägi671/

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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 Wä
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