Wähner Surname
Approximately 1,092 people bear this surname
Wähner Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,064 | 1:75,663 | 9,573 |
| Austria | 10 | 1:851,544 | 67,454 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Wahner (1,009) & Wahnér (2) are calculated separately.
Wähner Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wähner Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wähner is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may be found as: Wahner or Wahnér. For other potential spellings of Wähner click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wähner? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 337,263rd most frequently held family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 6,673,577 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Wähner are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
Wähner is most common in Germany, where it is held by 1,064 people, or 1 in 75,663. In Germany Wähner is most numerous in: Saxony, where 27 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 12 percent are found and Brandenburg, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany Wähner is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 1 percent are found and Denmark, where 1 percent are found.
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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
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