Wöß Surname

642,991st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 472 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Wöß Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wöß 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
Austria4481:19,0082,950
Germany241:3,354,394150,996

Wöß Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wöß is carried by more people in Austria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wöß? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 642,991st most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 15,439,716 people. The last name Wöß is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Wöß reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequently used in Austria, where it is held by 448 people, or 1 in 19,008. In Austria it is primarily concentrated in: Upper Austria, where 86 percent are found, Lower Austria, where 7 percent are found and Vienna, where 4 percent are found. Aside from Austria Wöß occurs in one country. It also occurs in Germany, where 5 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
Weß67834/
Böß67131/
Wiß6798/
Waß6794/
Wyß6711/
Wäß671/

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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 Wöß
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