Währen Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Währen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 35 | 1:234,655 | 19,741 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
The alternate forms: Wahren (609) & Wahrén (46) are calculated separately.
Währen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Währen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Währen is carried by more people in Switzerland than any other country or territory. It can occur as: Wahren or Wahrén. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Währen? popularity and diffusion
The surname Währen is the 3,228,735th most prevalent surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Währen reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 84 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name Währen is most common in Switzerland, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 234,655. In Switzerland Währen is mostly concentrated in: Canton of Basel-Stadt, where 37 percent are found, Canton of Basel-Landschaft, where 34 percent are found and Canton of Valais, where 14 percent are found. Apart from Switzerland this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 3 percent are found and Nicaragua, where 3 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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Währen
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