Wååg Surname

2,436,415th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 62 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Wååg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wååg Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden611:161,42211,223
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

The alternate forms: Waag (1,318) are calculated separately.

Wååg Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wååg Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Wååg is found most frequently in Sweden. It may also appear in the variant forms: Waag. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wååg? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,436,415th most numerous last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Wååg are found; 98 percent are found in Northern Europe and 98 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The last name is most common in Sweden, where it is borne by 61 people, or 1 in 161,422. In Sweden Wååg is mostly concentrated in: Örebro County, where 36 percent live, Stockholm County, where 26 percent live and Gävleborg County, where 10 percent live. Aside from Sweden Wååg exists in one country. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wåg8645/
Waag831,318/
Wågø7577/
Vååg7519/
Wåga7511/
Wååk757/
Wågh753/
Wågö752/
Wg6789/

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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 Wååg
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