Währy Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Währy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 15 | 1:547,528 | 38,365 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
The alternate forms: Wahry (57) are calculated separately.
Währy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Währy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Währy has its highest incidence in Switzerland. It may also be found as a variant: Wahry. For other potential spellings of Währy click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Währy? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,908,606th most numerous family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname Währy is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Währy are found; 94 percent are found in Western Europe and 94 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name Währy is most common in Switzerland, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 547,528. In Switzerland Währy is most frequent in: Canton of Basel-Landschaft, where 80 percent are found, Canton of Bern, where 7 percent are found and Canton of Solothurn, where 7 percent are found. Barring Switzerland Währy occurs in one country. It also occurs in Germany, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wahry | 93 | 57 | / |
| Wehry | 80 | 574 | / |
| Whary | 80 | 325 | / |
| Wöhry | 80 | 250 | / |
| Whery | 80 | 13 | / |
| Wihry | 80 | 9 | / |
| Währa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wherry | 73 | 3,859 | / |
| Wharry | 73 | 1,029 | / |
| Wheary | 73 | 192 | / |
| Währer | 73 | 103 | / |
| Whirry | 73 | 96 | / |
| Wehrey | 73 | 45 | / |
| Weahry | 73 | 22 | / |
| Wharey | 73 | 15 | / |
| Woehry | 73 | 12 | / |
| Waehry | 73 | 3 | / |
| Wheery | 73 | 3 | / |
| Wahary | 73 | 2 | / |
| Whoray | 73 | 1 | / |
| Whorry | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wehrry | 73 | 1 | / |
| Whorey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Whirey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wheroy | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wherey | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wehery | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wharay | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wary | 67 | 19,692 | / |
| Wery | 67 | 4,353 | / |
| Wéry | 67 | 598 | / |
| Wahariy | 67 | 514 | / |
| Wiry | 67 | 162 | / |
| Wory | 67 | 89 | / |
| Wäre | 67 | 55 | / |
| Wharrey | 67 | 37 | / |
| Whearry | 67 | 35 | / |
| Waharay | 67 | 34 | / |
| Wherrey | 67 | 7 | / |
| Waharey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whittry | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whoerey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wyry | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wjry | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wöry | 67 | 1 | / |
| Währich | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whierry | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whitroy | 67 | 0 | / |
| Whorrey | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Währy
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