Wäspe Surname
Approximately 140 people bear this surname
Wäspe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 137 | 1:59,948 | 7,487 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
The alternate forms: Waspe (379) are calculated separately.
Wäspe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wäspe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wäspe is found most in Switzerland. It can be found in the variant forms: Waspe. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wäspe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,497,948th most commonly used last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 52,053,899 people. The last name Wäspe occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Wäspe live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 93 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most common in Switzerland, where it is held by 137 people, or 1 in 59,948. In Switzerland it is most prevalent in: Canton of Zürich, where 49 percent are found, Canton of St Gallen, where 18 percent are found and Canton of Thurgau, where 14 percent are found. Besides Switzerland it occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 2 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 Wäspe
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