van Wes Surname
6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa
van Wes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Wees | 93 | 1,528 | / |
| van Wese | 93 | 5 | / |
| van Wess | 93 | 2 | / |
| van Wies | 93 | 1 | / |
| van Weess | 88 | 6 | / |
| van Weise | 88 | 3 | / |
| van Weese | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Weesp | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Weest | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Wie | 86 | 418 | / |
| van Wey | 86 | 202 | / |
| van Wee | 86 | 157 | / |
| van Wei | 86 | 1 | / |
| van Wis | 86 | 0 | / |
| van Weidts | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Wyhe | 80 | 558 | / |
| van Weij | 80 | 54 | / |
| van Weer | 80 | 6 | / |
| van Bees | 80 | 2 | / |
| von Weis | 80 | 1 | / |
| von West | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Weit | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Bess | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Wije | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Wett | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Wwey | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Wise | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Be | 77 | 10 | / |
| van Wy | 77 | 7 | / |
| van Ve | 77 | 4 | / |
| Van-We | 77 | 1 | / |
| van Wijhe | 75 | 739 | / |
| van Wisse | 75 | 32 | / |
| von Weise | 75 | 19 | / |
| von Weiss | 75 | 17 | / |
| von Weisz | 75 | 14 | / |
| van Weije | 75 | 9 | / |
| van Wijst | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Weche | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Wuyts | 75 | 1 | / |
| von Weidts | 71 | 80 | / |
| van Way | 71 | 45 | / |
| van Why | 71 | 44 | / |
| van Ver | 71 | 12 | / |
| van Woy | 71 | 10 | / |
| van Hue | 71 | 3 | / |
| van Oue | 71 | 1 | / |
| Van-Wey | 71 | 1 | / |
| von Wei | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Wij | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Beh | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Wyj | 71 | 1 | / |
| von Wie | 71 | 0 | / |
| van Vie | 71 | 0 | / |
| van Wic | 71 | 0 | / |
| van Huet | 67 | 683 | / |
| van Huis | 67 | 532 | / |
| van Veer | 67 | 244 | / |
| von Wyss | 67 | 68 | / |
| van Witt | 67 | 42 | / |
| van Waay | 67 | 35 | / |
| van Buys | 67 | 5 | / |
| van Wych | 67 | 2 | / |
| von Weiß | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Bijs | 67 | 1 | / |
| von Werz | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Bays | 67 | 1 | / |
| von Vest | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Buis | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Voohies | 67 | 0 | / |
| van Huer | 67 | 0 | / |
| van Veid | 67 | 0 | / |
| van Voohees | 67 | 0 | / |
| van Wait | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 van Wes
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis