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

The surname de Wee is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: de Wée or de Weë. For other possible spellings of de Wee click here.

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

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

The last name de Wee is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 9,116 people, or 1 in 5,943. In South Africa de Wee is most prevalent in: Western Cape, where 37 percent live, Northern Cape, where 34 percent live and Free State, where 12 percent live. Not including South Africa it exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Namibia, where 4 percent live and The Netherlands, where 2 percent live.

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
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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 de Wee
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