de Wee Surname

52,507th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,745 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Namibia

de Wee Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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de 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
South Africa9,1161:5,943760
Namibia4291:5,6161,074
Netherlands1561:108,25117,376
Belgium251:459,86646,150
England121:4,643,172139,951
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Iceland11:380,09011,096
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
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The alternate forms: de Wée (12) & de Weë (9) are calculated separately.

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de Wee Demographics

Average de Wee Salary in
South Africa

R 134,976

Per year
Rank:
106,753 of 197,403
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.0102817
Rank: 1,165 of 197,403
Percentage of national average salary:
56.8%
Sample size: 1,909 (2017)

Average Salary in
South Africa

R 237,638

Per year
Per month:
R 19,803
Per week:
R 4,401
Per day:
R 651

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de Wee Last Name Facts

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

de Wee is found most frequently in South Africa. It can also be rendered as: de Wée or de Weë. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

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

The surname is the 52,507th most widely held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 747,824 people. The surname de Wee occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of de Wee live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most widespread in South Africa, where it is held by 9,116 people, or 1 in 5,943. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Western Cape, where 37 percent reside, Northern Cape, where 34 percent reside and Free State, where 12 percent reside. Excluding South Africa de Wee exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Namibia, where 4 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 2 percent reside.

de Wee Last Name Statistics demography

de Wee earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 43.2% less than the national average, earning R 134,976 per year.

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
de Wée9412/
de Weë949/
de Weer92106/
de Wees9243/
de Weet921/
de We912/
der Weer863/
de Wae8320/
de Wei8316/
de Bee8313/
De-Wee838/
de Wey838/
de Vee835/
de Wer833/
de Veer771,672/
de Weij7742/
de West7739/
de Weys7725/
de Wets773/
der Wei772/
de Veye772/
de Bowe771/
de Veet771/
der Bee771/
de Ve734/
de Be733/
de Wa733/
de Wy731/
da We730/
de Weijs7167/
de Vajee714/
de Weiss713/
de Weisz712/
der Veer712/
de Weydt711/
de Vet671,114/
de Bei67706/
de Voe67178/
de Ves67135/
de Vei67116/
de Wys67108/
de Vey6755/
de Way6749/
de Bey6732/
de Wid6723/
de Vie6720/
de Hue6719/
de Bea6713/
de Vez6712/
da Wei6710/
de Ver678/
de Vea674/
de Bej674/
da Wie673/
di Wei672/
da Vee672/
de Beu672/
de Vue672/
de Veu671/
de-Wei671/
de Waa671/
de Wis671/
de Wij671/
de Wai671/
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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 de Wee
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