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 surname Währen is found most frequently in Switzerland. It may also be found as: Wahren or Wahrén. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Währen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,228,735th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Währen live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 84 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name Währen is most frequently used in Switzerland, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 234,655. In Switzerland it 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. Excluding Switzerland this surname occurs 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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