Weesaye Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Weesaye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Weesaye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia461:95,8387,727
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Weesaye Last Name Facts

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

Weesaye is held by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Weesaye? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,843,861st most frequent last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Weesaye reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.

Weesaye is most frequent in Liberia, where it is held by 46 people, or 1 in 95,838. In Liberia it is mostly concentrated in: Montserrado County, where 61 percent are found, Grand Gedeh County, where 30 percent are found and Bomi County, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Liberia it is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wesaye9278/
Weesay9210/
Wessaye861/
Wesay83248/
Weahsaye801/
Wesaya77280/
Wasaye7764/
Wessay7733/
Besaye7712/
Weseye776/
Wezeye776/
Weesai774/
Wesayi773/
Weejay773/
Wesiye772/
Weesaa771/
Wesawe771/
Wesayo771/
Wedsay771/
Wezaye771/
Weshye770/
Weshay770/
Weesea770/
Beheshaye751/
Weshahy711,317/
Bessaye7140/
Wetshay7129/
Wizeeye7125/
Weseeye7119/
Wassaye7112/
Wasayee7111/
Waasaye716/
Veesayi712/
Besaiye712/
Besayee712/
Beshaye712/
Washaye712/
Weshaya711/
Weizeye711/
Woshaye711/
Beesoye711/
Weeshai711/
Weesaid711/
Wheejay711/
Wasayeh711/
Wasay672,071/
Besay67151/
Wesey67116/
Wesai67100/
Wisay6787/
Vesay6781/
Wetshayi6741/
Wezey6711/
Wesea673/
Wezea672/
Wexey671/
Weesheit671/
Wesaa671/
Wesau671/
Wiesiyeh671/
Wesuy671/
Woyshaye670/
Wheetsey670/
Besayeau670/

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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 Weesaye
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