Wehen Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Wehen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 38 | 1:2,118,565 | 113,742 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Wehen (10) may also be a first name.
Wehen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wehen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wehen (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻫﺎﻥ) is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Wehen click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wehen? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wehen is the 2,746,821st most frequently occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. The last name Wehen occurs mostly in Europe, where 76 percent of Wehen reside; 76 percent reside in Western Europe and 76 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Wehen is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly held first name globally It is held by 10 people.
This surname is most common in Germany, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 2,118,565. In Germany Wehen is most frequent in: Lower Saxony, where 34 percent live, Bremen, where 32 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 18 percent live. Without taking into account Germany this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 10 percent live and The United States, where 8 percent live.
Wehen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wehen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wehen surname increased 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wiehen | 91 | 75 | / |
| Weheen | 91 | 12 | / |
| Weahen | 91 | 1 | / |
| Weehen | 91 | 0 | / |
| Wiechen | 83 | 122 | / |
| Wohen | 80 | 210 | / |
| Waeen | 80 | 51 | / |
| Whien | 80 | 50 | / |
| Wahen | 80 | 33 | / |
| Vehen | 80 | 20 | / |
| Whyen | 80 | 4 | / |
| Wihen | 80 | 2 | / |
| Weuen | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wieen | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wehin | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wueen | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wieschen | 77 | 98 | / |
| Wiechend | 77 | 0 | / |
| Wieten | 73 | 405 | / |
| Weeink | 73 | 88 | / |
| Beahen | 73 | 76 | / |
| Weijen | 73 | 21 | / |
| Wiehne | 73 | 15 | / |
| Wåhgen | 73 | 11 | / |
| Behean | 73 | 10 | / |
| Wiecen | 73 | 9 | / |
| Weiyen | 73 | 9 | / |
| Weheim | 73 | 4 | / |
| Wejhem | 73 | 3 | / |
| Uehein | 73 | 2 | / |
| Huehen | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wahien | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wienhe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Whiien | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wahein | 73 | 1 | / |
| Whyeng | 73 | 1 | / |
| Behein | 73 | 1 | / |
| Weuyen | 73 | 1 | / |
| Whyene | 73 | 1 | / |
| Beehen | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wiescheng | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wien | 67 | 4,064 | / |
| Wyen | 67 | 422 | / |
| Wiesend | 67 | 204 | / |
| Wiesent | 67 | 126 | / |
| Ueen | 67 | 89 | / |
| Wiessen | 67 | 37 | / |
| Weun | 67 | 36 | / |
| Viehten | 67 | 7 | / |
| Uhehien | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wheeing | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wheijen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wjen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wouehin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Veeheen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hweyjen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weiggen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weahing | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wheeyon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wieszen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wiecheń | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wiechem | 67 | 0 | / |
Wehen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wehen in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﻫﺎﻥ | whan | - |
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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
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- 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 Wehen
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