Wehi Surname
Approximately 490 people bear this surname
Wehi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 194 | 1:118,924 | 5,900 |
| Solomon Islands | 122 | 1:4,754 | 623 |
| New Zealand | 88 | 1:51,458 | 8,272 |
| Papua New Guinea | 38 | 1:214,572 | 29,580 |
| Benin | 31 | 1:333,407 | 26,304 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Wehi (307) may also be a first name.
Wehi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wehi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wehi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻫﻲ) occurs in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Wehi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wehi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 625,459th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 14,872,543 people. Wehi is primarily found in Oceania, where 52 percent of Wehi are found; 43 percent are found in West Africa and 25 percent are found in Solomonic Oceania. It is also the 502,288th most common given name worldwide It is held by 307 people.
Wehi is most prevalent in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 194 people, or 1 in 118,924. In The Ivory Coast it is primarily found in: Montagnes District, where 79 percent live, Gôh-Djiboua District, where 10 percent live and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 8 percent live. Excluding The Ivory Coast Wehi exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in The Solomon Islands, where 25 percent live and New Zealand, where 18 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wehi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wehi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﻫﻲ | why | - |
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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 Wehi
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