Wahson Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Wahson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wahson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wahson Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wahson occurs more in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wahson? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wahson is the 7,117,718th most numerous last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Wahson is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Wahson are found; 71 percent are found in West Africa and 71 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.
The surname Wahson is most widespread in Liberia, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 881,707. In Liberia Wahson is primarily found in: Bomi County, where 80 percent are found and Grand Bassa County, where 20 percent are found. Barring Liberia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 14 percent are found and The United States, where 14 percent are found.
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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 Wahson
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