Wefes Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Wefes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Wefes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wefes Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wefes is found most frequently in Germany. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wefes? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,772,636th most commonly held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 76 percent of Wefes live; 76 percent live in Western Europe and 76 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname Wefes is most widespread in Germany, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 6,192,728. In Germany Wefes is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 92 percent reside. Outside of Germany this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 12 percent reside and Malaysia, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wefe | 89 | 4 | / |
| Weffe | 80 | 155 | / |
| Weefe | 80 | 8 | / |
| Wafes | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wiefe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wefee | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wefie | 80 | 2 | / |
| Hwefe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Weife | 80 | 1 | / |
| Befes | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wedfe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wefeu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wifes | 80 | 0 | / |
| Weafer | 73 | 808 | / |
| Wepfer | 73 | 624 | / |
| Wehfer | 73 | 37 | / |
| Weifei | 73 | 8 | / |
| Weffeh | 73 | 6 | / |
| Weifeh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Whefer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wwedfe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wefeer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Weafeh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wetfey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Waffes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Beffes | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wefetz | 73 | 0 | / |
| Befe | 67 | 468 | / |
| Wefi | 67 | 308 | / |
| Wefa | 67 | 163 | / |
| Wife | 67 | 36 | / |
| Weaffer | 67 | 22 | / |
| Weisfer | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wefy | 67 | 4 | / |
| Uefe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weifher | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wyfe | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wefes
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