Wehweh Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Wehweh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 30 | 1:146,951 | 10,677 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wehweh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wehweh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wehweh occurs more in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wehweh? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,323,005th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Wehweh reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.
This last name is most numerous in Liberia, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 146,951. In Liberia Wehweh is most numerous in: Rivercess County, where 70 percent reside, Grand Bassa County, where 23 percent reside and Bong County, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Liberia this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 6 percent reside and Cameroon, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whehweh | 92 | 2 | / |
| Weahweah | 86 | 120 | / |
| Hwehwe | 83 | 132 | / |
| Wahweh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wewe | 80 | 2,445 | / |
| Weaweah | 77 | 32 | / |
| Wahweah | 77 | 18 | / |
| Behweah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wewei | 73 | 32 | / |
| Wewee | 73 | 27 | / |
| Wewey | 73 | 17 | / |
| Weiwe | 73 | 3 | / |
| Wewie | 73 | 2 | / |
| Weewe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wahwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Weveh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Weweu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wewea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wohwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wewej | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wischweh | 71 | 13 | / |
| Veshwesh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Weiwei | 67 | 469 | / |
| Weewer | 67 | 100 | / |
| Weawea | 67 | 81 | / |
| Weewee | 67 | 54 | / |
| Wejwer | 67 | 31 | / |
| Wehbey | 67 | 20 | / |
| Weewie | 67 | 16 | / |
| Wehjue | 67 | 9 | / |
| Weywer | 67 | 8 | / |
| Wuewue | 67 | 8 | / |
| Whawhi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Whewhe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wehbee | 67 | 3 | / |
| Weahbe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Weawer | 67 | 2 | / |
| Weywey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Behwea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weihwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weouhe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wajhwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wehoue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vahweh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whowhy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wiewie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wewedt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whiwhi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weïwer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weshue | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wehuer | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wehues | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wehuie | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Wehweh
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