Weheed Surname

2,979,664th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 43 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Weheed Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Weheed Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria321:5,535,711139,404
Northern Ireland51:369,00715,220
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

Weheed (51) may also be a first name.

Weheed Last Name Facts

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

The last name Weheed has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Weheed? popularity and diffusion

The last name Weheed is the 2,979,664th most numerous surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. Weheed is mostly found in Africa, where 74 percent of Weheed live; 74 percent live in West Africa and 74 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Weheed is also the 1,396,783rd most widespread first name world-wide. It is borne by 51 people.

This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 5,535,711. In Nigeria Weheed is most prevalent in: Oyo, where 66 percent live, Osun, where 25 percent live and Lagos, where 9 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Northern Ireland, where 12 percent live and Pakistan, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waheed83290,035/
Woheed831/
Whaheed779/
Wahieed779/
Waaheed778/
Wahaeed775/
Wajheed774/
Wahheed773/
Waheedd773/
Wwaheed773/
Wyeed730/
Whiehead712/
Vaheed671,290/
Waheid67667/
Wjaeed676/
Waheet674/
Waaeed672/
Whieehead671/

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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 Weheed
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