Weefor Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Weefor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Weefor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia101:440,85421,753
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Weefor Last Name Facts

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

Weefor is more commonly found in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Weefor? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,057,639th most common surname globally, borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name Weefor occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Weefor are found; 67 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.

The surname is most widely held in Liberia, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 440,854. In Liberia it is primarily found in: Montserrado County, where 80 percent reside, Lofa County, where 10 percent reside and Margibi County, where 10 percent reside. Aside from Liberia it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Japan, where 27 percent reside and The Philippines, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weefore921/
Wefor9125/
Weefar83294/
Weefur83154/
Wefort834/
Beefor831/
Weiford77276/
Whefoer771/
Wheford771/
Weforth770/
Weifort770/
Weaford770/
Wafor73108/
Wefar7324/
Befor7311/
Wofor735/
Wifor731/
Weyforth71138/
Weitford711/
Whetford710/
Wethford710/
Weyfortt710/
Vefour67218/
Weafar6764/
Weffar6715/
Weathford6714/
Beforh677/
Befour675/
Waifor672/
Befoor672/
Wofoor671/
Wiefur671/
Weifur671/
Weafur671/
Weathfort670/

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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 Weefor
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