Wesley Forename
2,289th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 445,588 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Jamaica
Wesley Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 100% | 190,427 | 1:1,125 | 169 |
| United States | 100% | 152,390 | 1:2,379 | 438 |
| Kenya | 100% | 23,155 | 1:2,000 | 369 |
| South Africa | 100% | 11,510 | 1:4,738 | 894 |
| England | 100% | 8,432 | 1:6,594 | 617 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 7,793 | 1:2,169 | 430 |
| Canada | 100% | 7,232 | 1:4,581 | 724 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 6,013 | 1:1,356 | 163 |
| Zambia | - | 4,930 | 1:3,216 | 520 |
| Belgium | 100% | 3,612 | 1:3,181 | 589 |
| Malawi | 100% | 3,236 | 1:5,288 | 762 |
| Jamaica | - | 3,036 | 1:950 | 243 |
| Philippines | 97% | 1,796 | 1:59,025 | 4,047 |
| Australia | - | 1,740 | 1:7,849 | 825 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 1,613 | 1:110,083 | 6,006 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1,068 | 1:25,268 | 1,746 |
| Liberia | 99% | 1,065 | 1:4,143 | 530 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 923 | 1:1,997 | 325 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 911 | 1:81,040 | 4,549 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 874 | 1:35,255 | 4,434 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 858 | 1:24,241 | 3,095 |
| Haiti | 100% | 769 | 1:13,949 | 1,327 |
| Namibia | - | 697 | 1:3,449 | 574 |
| Malaysia | 97% | 621 | 1:49,034 | 4,064 |
| Thailand | 100% | 589 | 1:118,957 | 9,437 |
| Ireland | 100% | 553 | 1:8,397 | 652 |
| China | - | 549 | 1:2,488,262 | 46,144 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 534 | 1:28,884 | 2,929 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 532 | 1:2,559 | 494 |
| Guyana | 100% | 453 | 1:1,685 | 314 |
| New Zealand | - | 447 | 1:10,148 | 1,075 |
| Wales | 99% | 395 | 1:7,834 | 725 |
| India | 97% | 391 | 1:3,107,105 | 139,769 |
| France | 100% | 379 | 1:175,383 | 3,037 |
| Congo | 100% | 320 | 1:15,654 | 1,756 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 303 | 1:851,365 | 55,354 |
| Bahamas | - | 276 | 1:1,447 | 350 |
| Portugal | - | 258 | 1:40,352 | 1,504 |
| Scotland | 99% | 257 | 1:20,819 | 995 |
| Barbados | - | 221 | 1:1,311 | 307 |
| Peru | 98% | 212 | 1:149,960 | 4,487 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 210 | 1:49,673 | 3,332 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 195 | 1:2,979 | 441 |
| Singapore | 100% | 185 | 1:33,984 | 5,921 |
| Swaziland | - | 179 | 1:7,264 | 1,100 |
| Hong Kong | - | 176 | 1:44,050 | 2,467 |
| Gabon | 100% | 160 | 1:11,771 | 1,796 |
| Uganda | 100% | 156 | 1:262,544 | 8,063 |
| Kuwait | - | 142 | 1:26,657 | 2,664 |
| Costa Rica | 93% | 137 | 1:34,803 | 1,826 |
| Vanuatu | - | 133 | 1:1,968 | 489 |
| Mexico | 100% | 122 | 1:1,017,577 | 8,190 |
| Mauritius | - | 117 | 1:11,092 | 1,370 |
| Spain | 100% | 111 | 1:419,189 | 5,821 |
| Germany | 100% | 107 | 1:903,532 | 7,404 |
| Bahrain | - | 104 | 1:12,968 | 2,016 |
| Botswana | 100% | 100 | 1:21,844 | 2,610 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 94 | 1:561,578 | 15,212 |
| Nicaragua | 96% | 93 | 1:64,713 | 2,769 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 78 | 1:387,204 | 11,281 |
| Colombia | 98% | 74 | 1:645,661 | 8,926 |
| Japan | - | 70 | 1:1,828,372 | 19,052 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 66 | 1:1,691 | 310 |
| Guatemala | 83% | 59 | 1:273,024 | 3,423 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 58 | 1:1,714 | 364 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 56 | 1:424,459 | 26,119 |
| Panama | 100% | 48 | 1:81,387 | 4,375 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 47 | 1:153,975 | 2,941 |
| Qatar | 75% | 46 | 1:51,513 | 6,571 |
| Ecuador | - | 44 | 1:402,885 | 4,840 |
| Honduras | 100% | 43 | 1:205,057 | 4,744 |
| Cameroon | 99% | 41 | 1:527,085 | 16,810 |
| Russia | 100% | 39 | 1:3,698,300 | 20,046 |
| South Korea | - | 38 | 1:145,906 | 6,365 |
| Sweden | 100% | 38 | 1:259,419 | 8,288 |
| Angola | - | 36 | 1:749,072 | 2,190 |
| Malta | - | 34 | 1:12,628 | 1,146 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 34 | 1:104,421 | 1,927 |
| Bermuda | - | 32 | 1:2,026 | 445 |
| French Polynesia | - | 27 | 1:10,293 | 1,329 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 27 | 1:304,204 | 5,947 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 25 | 1:1,250 | 294 |
| Israel | 88% | 25 | 1:336,117 | 8,046 |
| Mozambique | - | 25 | 1:1,089,734 | 1,713 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 24 | 1:7,409 | 1,127 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 22 | 1:1,578 | 368 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 22 | 1:155,802 | 3,267 |
| American Samoa | - | 20 | 1:2,792 | 500 |
| Italy | 99% | 20 | 1:3,053,104 | 18,341 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 19 | 1:3,226 | 656 |
| Denmark | - | 19 | 1:297,342 | 5,671 |
| Iraq | 100% | 19 | 1:1,843,045 | 11,423 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 19 | 1:5,776 | 921 |
| Norway | 100% | 18 | 1:285,129 | 6,331 |
| Chile | 94% | 17 | 1:1,035,718 | 9,287 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 17 | 1:15,892 | 1,309 |
| Madagascar | - | 16 | 1:1,476,838 | 2,504 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 15 | 1:3,415 | 513 |
| Gibraltar | - | 14 | 1:2,438 | 470 |
| Czechia | 100% | 13 | 1:819,705 | 3,136 |
| Greece | 100% | 13 | 1:841,119 | 8,698 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 13 | 1:550,153 | 19,206 |
| Afghanistan | - | 12 | 1:2,718,626 | 20,989 |
| Grenada | 100% | 11 | 1:9,830 | 1,266 |
| Iceland | - | 11 | 1:33,274 | 2,039 |
| Guam | - | 10 | 1:16,065 | 1,791 |
| Bangladesh | - | 9 | 1:17,717,930 | 19,122 |
| Burundi | - | 9 | 1:1,100,729 | 1,050 |
| Egypt | - | 9 | 1:10,211,216 | 21,716 |
| Fiji | - | 9 | 1:99,153 | 1,900 |
| Oman | - | 9 | 1:456,519 | 5,137 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 9 | 1:6,096 | 1,002 |
| Tunisia | - | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 8 | 1:24,294,710 | 113,215 |
| Belize | 100% | 7 | 1:50,616 | 3,777 |
| Finland | 78% | 7 | 1:783,312 | 7,794 |
| Macau | - | 7 | 1:86,887 | 752 |
| Albania | 100% | 6 | 1:507,762 | 18,007 |
| Benin | - | 6 | 1:1,762,640 | 36,264 |
| Cambodia | - | 6 | 1:2,712,222 | 28,071 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 6 | 1:3,845,989 | 64,391 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 6 | 1:9,111 | 1,173 |
| Austria | 100% | 5 | 1:1,702,840 | 9,344 |
| El Salvador | - | 5 | 1:1,268,357 | 7,255 |
| Jersey | - | 5 | 1:19,996 | 1,220 |
| Vietnam | - | 5 | 1:18,524,623 | 4,897 |
| Anguilla | - | 4 | 1:3,314 | 681 |
| Guernsey | - | 4 | 1:15,833 | 609 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 4 | 1:509,999 | 25,489 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 4 | 1:141,012 | 2,772 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Poland | 100% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Isle of Man | - | 3 | 1:28,341 | 386 |
| Moldova | - | 3 | 1:1,187,046 | 5,200 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 2 | 1:264,576 | 4,841 |
| Cook Islands | - | 2 | 1:9,076 | 1,075 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Niue | - | 1 | 1:1,604 | 70 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Wésley (5) are calculated separately.
Wesley (46,528) may also be a surname.
Wesley Forename Popularity
Wesley Demographics
Average Male Wesley Height
176.12 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 6,477 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wesley