Wäbs Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Wäbs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 36 | 1:2,236,263 | 117,794 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Wabs (481) are calculated separately.
Wäbs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wäbs Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wäbs is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Wabs. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wäbs? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wäbs is the 3,228,735th most commonly occurring family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. The surname Wäbs occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Wäbs reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name Wäbs is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 2,236,263. In Germany it is primarily found in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 56 percent reside, Hamburg, where 19 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 19 percent reside. Apart from Germany Wäbs exists in one country. It is also found in Switzerland, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Wäbs
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