Wærn Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Denmark
Highest density in:
Denmark

Wærn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wærn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Denmark191:297,09021,940
Sweden131:757,44356,422
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
England11:55,718,059489,080

The alternate forms: Wrn (7) are calculated separately.

Wærn Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wærn is held by more people in Denmark than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Wrn. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wærn? popularity and diffusion

Wærn is the 3,185,033rd most commonly held last name globally, held by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. The surname Wærn occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Wærn live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 97 percent live in Scandinavia.

This last name is most prevalent in Denmark, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 297,090. In Denmark Wærn is mostly found in: Central Denmark Region, where 42 percent live, Capital Region of Denmark, where 37 percent live and Region Zealand, where 16 percent live. Other than Denmark this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 34 percent live and Norway, where 13 percent live.

Wærn Last Name Statistics demography

Wærn earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In Norway they earn 52.01% more than the national average, earning 526,069 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wrn957/
Wæren8912/
Wæring803/
Wren7524,674/
Wrin75155/
Wryn7560/
Værn7512/
Wrnd758/
Hwrn752/
Wrng752/
Wrnn752/
Wrhn751/
Wrne751/
Wrnc751/
Wrrn751/
Wwrn751/
Wrenn678,234/
Wrinn67420/
Wrynn67371/
Wruin67142/
Whren6796/
Wreen6746/
Værnø6712/
Bæren6710/
Wrren679/
Væren678/
Wrenk677/
Wrien674/
Wreng674/
Wrinc673/
Whrin671/
Wruen671/
Wryng671/
Wroen670/
Wrink670/
Wrehn670/

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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 Wærn
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