Wąs

surname · Latin script

Meaning: moustache

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 1 country · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026

/vɔ̃s/(machine-generated) Polish · model-generated

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Wąs is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Poland.

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Spellings & scripts

(measured from records)

3 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

(measured from records)

moustache

Cited for this meaning 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Wąs counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Where Wąs is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spelling
PL Poland—1.9K—
US United States—422—
BE Belgium—84—
NO Norway—58—
IN India—55—

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

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Other names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Wąs is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname26 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Tunisia

    Also written Was, Wàs, Waś, Wás, Ŵąş

  • Portuguese name20 spellings in the group

    Also written Was, Wàṥ, Wãs, Wàs, Wäs

  • Dutch surname18 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Netherlands, United States, Belgium, France

    Languages: Dutch, English, French

    Also written Waes, Was, Waś, Waës, Ŵas

  • French given name22 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Wàs, Wâš, Was, Wâs, Wãš

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Wåś, Was

  • Hindi name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Also written Was, Wãş, Wąś

  • a separate name7 spellings in the group

    Also written Waś, Was

9 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name

(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them

(machine-generated)
FormalSzanowni Państwo,Dear Wąs, (English)
InformalSzanowni Państwo,Hello, (English)

Evidence

(measured from records)

5 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 1 country.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Wąs mean, and where does it come from?
moustache Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Wąs?
In Polish /vɔ̃s/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
In which country does Wąs have the most bearers?
Wąs is most frequently recorded in Poland.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Wąs”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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