Wälz Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Wälz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 58 | 1:1,388,025 | 86,120 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Wälz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wälz Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wälz occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wälz? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,293,424th most frequently held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 86 percent of Wälz live; 86 percent live in Western Europe and 86 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname Wälz is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 58 people, or 1 in 1,388,025. In Germany it is most numerous in: Lower Saxony, where 60 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 16 percent reside and Bavaria, where 12 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 13 percent reside and Peru, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wältz | 89 | 20 | / |
| Wlz | 86 | 6 | / |
| Welz | 75 | 9,517 | / |
| Wilz | 75 | 1,202 | / |
| Wölz | 75 | 216 | / |
| Bälz | 75 | 71 | / |
| Wlsz | 75 | 4 | / |
| Wylz | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wlzp | 75 | 1 | / |
| Vwlz | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wlez | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wiltz | 67 | 3,947 | / |
| Weltz | 67 | 1,756 | / |
| Welcz | 67 | 258 | / |
| Woelz | 67 | 104 | / |
| Wilsz | 67 | 88 | / |
| Wilcz | 67 | 84 | / |
| Welsz | 67 | 57 | / |
| Wölcz | 67 | 46 | / |
| Wellz | 67 | 40 | / |
| Willz | 67 | 33 | / |
| Waelz | 67 | 25 | / |
| Wuelz | 67 | 23 | / |
| Welze | 67 | 21 | / |
| Wilze | 67 | 18 | / |
| Wuilz | 67 | 8 | / |
| Wälås | 67 | 8 | / |
| Weelz | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wildz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Weulz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wylsz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wilzs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wylcz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Welez | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weilz | 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Wälz
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