Wanless

Nickname from Middle English wanles (“hopeless, luckless”).

Wanless (countable and uncountable, plural Wanlesses)

1. A surname from Middle English.
2. An unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States.

• → Translingual: Wanlessia

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Wanless is the 24890^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 999 individuals. Wanless is most common among White (93.49%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wanless”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

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