Wäss Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Wäss Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 22 | 1:3,659,339 | 158,771 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
Wäss Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wäss Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wäss is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Wäss click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wäss? popularity and diffusion
Wäss is the 3,485,539th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name Wäss is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Wäss reside; 69 percent reside in Western Europe and 69 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 3,659,339. In Germany it is most common in: Hesse, where 95 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 5 percent reside. Besides Germany Wäss occurs in one country. It also occurs in Sweden, where 31 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyss | 75 | 22,827 | / |
| Wiss | 75 | 3,828 | / |
| Wess | 75 | 2,546 | / |
| Wöss | 75 | 869 | / |
| Wäst | 75 | 22 | / |
| Bäss | 75 | 10 | / |
| Wäse | 75 | 4 | / |
| Weiss | 67 | 195,790 | / |
| Wisse | 67 | 4,188 | / |
| Waiss | 67 | 2,459 | / |
| Wesse | 67 | 869 | / |
| Wiess | 67 | 780 | / |
| Wäsch | 67 | 661 | / |
| Woess | 67 | 198 | / |
| Wayss | 67 | 124 | / |
| Weess | 67 | 117 | / |
| Weïss | 67 | 115 | / |
| Wisst | 67 | 95 | / |
| Waess | 67 | 55 | / |
| Wejss | 67 | 55 | / |
| Wajss | 67 | 36 | / |
| Weyss | 67 | 30 | / |
| Whiss | 67 | 21 | / |
| Wuiss | 67 | 12 | / |
| Wessh | 67 | 10 | / |
| Wesst | 67 | 10 | / |
| Wijss | 67 | 9 | / |
| Woiss | 67 | 7 | / |
| Wishs | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wä | 67 | 3 | / |
| Weuss | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wéiss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wessx | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wetss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weass | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whess | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wissz | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wuess | 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 Wäss
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