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