Weice Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Weice Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 9 | 1:454,985 | 17,374 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 62 | 1:809,979 | 50,387 |
Weice (28) may also be a first name.
Weice Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weice Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Weice (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻳﺲ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Weice? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,057,639th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. Weice occurs predominantly in Africa, where 60 percent of Weice live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 28 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 454,985. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 100 percent reside. Beside Mauritania it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 20 percent reside and The United States, where 13 percent reside.
Weice Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Weice has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Weice surname fell 97 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Weice Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Weice in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﻳﺲ | wys | - |
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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 Weice
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