Wanless
English
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Etymology
editNickname from Middle English wanles (“hopeless, luckless”).
Proper noun
editWanless (countable and uncountable, plural Wanlesses)
- A surname from Middle English.
- An unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States.
Descendants
edit- → Translingual: Wanlessia
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Wanless is the 24890th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 999 individuals. Wanless is most common among White (93.49%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wanless”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
editCategories:
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Middle English
- en:Unincorporated communities in West Virginia, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in West Virginia, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- English surnames from nicknames