Wanless
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English
Etymology
Nickname from Middle English wanles (“hopeless, luckless”).
Proper noun
Wanless (countable and uncountable, plural Wanlesses)
- A surname from Middle English.
- An unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States.
Descendants
- → Translingual: Wanlessia
Statistics
- 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
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wanless”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.