Waland

Name: Waland: recorded bearers, distribution and rank
Creator: Mondonomo
Published: 2026-10-10

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Waland is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Norway than in any other country.

rarermore common

NONorway1 in 98K(measured from records)
SESweden1 in 1.1M
GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 3.6M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

: Norway (measured from records)
Sources: 41 (measured from records)
: 1 in 98K (inferred from the name graph)

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

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

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Waland is recorded, by country
Country				Most common spelling	Sources
NO Norway	56	1 in 98K	56	—	2
US United States	≈37 est.	≈1 in 8.9M	—	Waland	41
GB United Kingdom	≈18 est.	≈1 in 3.6M	31	Waland	28
DE Germany	≈14 est.	≈1 in 5.7M	—	Waland	15
SE Sweden	9	1 in 1.1M	9	—	1

56 people counted by SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). 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: Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Waland is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

English surname14 spellings in the group
Most recorded in United States, Norway, Canada, United Kingdom
Languages: English, Norwegian, German
Also written Waaland, Wåland
Spanish surname4 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Guatemala, United States
Also written Wåland
a separate name2 spellings in the group
Also written Wåland

15 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.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 4 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Waland
Country	Register	Year	Count	Rank
NO Norway	SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)	—	56	#24,547
GB United Kingdom	Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register)	2002	31	#68,493

Reference works 1

Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Waland have the most bearers?: In Norway, the national register counted about 56 people named Waland, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Waland most common?: Waland is densest in Norway, where the national register counts about 1 in 98 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Waland?: In Norway, the national register counted 56 people named Waland, about 1 in 98 thousand residents.

What do you want to know about Waland?

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Query this name via API

curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/waland

The same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.

About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of 2026-10-10 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, “Waland”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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