Wæver Surname

1,235,409th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 188 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Denmark
Highest density in:
Greenland

Wæver Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wæver 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
Denmark1641:34,4193,561
Greenland211:2,685297
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

The alternate forms: Wver (2) are calculated separately.

Wæver Last Name Facts

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

Wæver is more frequently found in Denmark than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Wver. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wæver? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,235,409th most widespread surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 38,763,542 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Wæver live; 88 percent live in Northern Europe and 88 percent live in Scandinavia.

Wæver is most frequent in Denmark, where it is borne by 164 people, or 1 in 34,419. In Denmark Wæver is primarily found in: Region Zealand, where 41 percent are found, Capital Region of Denmark, where 40 percent are found and Region of Southern Denmark, where 10 percent are found. Other than Denmark Wæver is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Greenland, where 11 percent are found and Sweden, where 1 percent are found.

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
Wver962/
Væver80187/
Bæver8055/
Wæber802/
Wve753/
Wuer6767/
Wber6718/
Vuer678/
Wvjr672/
Vver672/
Bver671/
Wved671/
Wvej671/
Wvep671/
Wvhe671/
Wwer671/
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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 Wæver
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