Wærnes Surname

796,486th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 353 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Wærnes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wærnes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway3501:14,6921,731
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Wærnes Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wærnes occurs more in Norway more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Wærnes.

How Common Is The Last Name Wærnes? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 796,486th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 20,644,606 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Wærnes live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.

This last name is most commonly held in Norway, where it is carried by 350 people, or 1 in 14,692. In Norway Wærnes is mostly found in: Central Norway, where 37 percent live, Eastern Norway, where 31 percent live and Western Norway, where 16 percent live. Aside from Norway this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 0 percent live and Denmark, where 0 percent live.

Wærnes Last Name Statistics demography

Wærnes earn marginally less than the average income. In Norway they earn 4.26% less than the national average, earning 331,351 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wærness92108/
Værnes83424/
Wrånes839/
Wrne801/
Værness775/
Brnes7336/
Wrnea731/
Børnes67194/
Wrenne67144/
Bårnes67115/
Wrynne6788/
Brnesh6725/
Vrånes6710/
Vårnes678/
Værnet673/
Wrånge673/
Wrinne672/
Wærnér671/
Værner671/
Brnnes670/

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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 Wærnes
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