Ah Wee Surname

1,839,022nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 101 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brunei
Highest density in:
Brunei

Ah Wee Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ah Wee Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brunei951:4,408697
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Ah Wee (57) may also be a first name.

Ah Wee Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ah Wee Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ah Wee is most common in Brunei. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ah Wee? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,839,022nd most commonly occurring family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 72,153,920 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Ah Wee reside; 99 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 99 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Ah Wee is also the 1,308,380th most widespread first name at a global level. It is borne by 57 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Brunei, where it is held by 95 people, or 1 in 4,408. In Brunei Ah Wee is primarily found in: Belait District, where 96 percent reside and Brunei-Muara District, where 4 percent reside. Excluding Brunei it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 5 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ah Bee8342/
Ah Wei832/
Ah Vee831/
Ah Wa738/
Ah Be732/
Ah Why6715/
Ah Hwa6713/
Ah Wai679/
Ah-Vee671/
Ah Way671/
Ah Waja6246/
Ah Huey622/
Ah Bi551/
Ah Hui5024/
Ah Vui5011/
Ah Boy504/
Ah Bui502/
Ah Bay501/
Ah-Beh501/
Ah-Why501/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Ah Wee
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