Weels Surname
Approximately 478 people bear this surname
Weels Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 256 | 1:211,632 | 22,369 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Netherlands | 12 | 1:1,407,265 | 75,423 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 42 | 1:1,195,683 | 67,545 |
The alternate forms: Weëls (2) are calculated separately.
Weels Demographics
Average Weels Salary in
United States
$39,875 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Weels Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weels Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Weels is most common in South Africa. It can also be rendered as: Weëls. For other potential spellings of Weels click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Weels? popularity and diffusion
It is the 637,196th most widespread family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,245,912 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Weels reside; 54 percent reside in Southern Africa and 54 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Weels is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 256 people, or 1 in 211,632. In South Africa Weels is mostly concentrated in: Western Cape, where 73 percent are found, Northern Cape, where 10 percent are found and North West, where 7 percent are found. Excluding South Africa it is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 38 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 3 percent are found.
Weels Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Weels has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Weels last name decreased 74 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 33 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Weels Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Weels last name are 28.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 75% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Weels earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 48.81% less than the national average, earning R 121,644 per year and in United States they earn 7.59% less than the national average, earning $39,875 USD per year.
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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 Weels
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