Weif Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Weif Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Weif Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Yemen41:6,606,32425,896
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Weif Last Name Facts

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

The surname Weif has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Weif? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,957,383rd most numerous last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 40 percent of Weif live; 40 percent live in West Asia and 36 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Weif is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 40,273,215. In The United States it is most common in: Wisconsin, where 44 percent live, Florida, where 22 percent live and Indiana, where 11 percent live. Aside from The United States this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent live and Israel, where 16 percent live.

Weif Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Weif has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 113 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weiff8988/
Hweif892/
Weifs892/
Weisf892/
Weift891/
Weife891/
Wef8665/
Wif8619/
Weifeh802/
Wipf753,615/
Wepf75164/
Wiff75144/
Waif7546/
Wife7536/
Weff7519/
Wefe754/
Woif754/
Beif754/
Vwif753/
Weiw753/
Woef752/
Weaf752/
Widf751/
Wuif751/
Wifz751/
Wifp751/
Whif751/
Wisf751/
Wief751/
Wijf751/
Wuef751/
Weef751/
Wevf751/
Weuf751/
Weihoff7321/
Weihauf731/
Wipff67185/
Weffe67155/
Whife6769/
Waife6760/
Woife6711/
Weefe678/
Whiff677/
Woiff675/
Waiaf674/
Whipf674/
Weiaw673/
Wieff673/
Wuiff673/
Woeff673/
Wajif673/
Hwefe672/
Whitf672/
Hweiw671/
Waitf671/
Weisv671/
Wipfs671/
Wheff671/
Wiffh671/
Hwaif671/
Wedfe671/
Weihw671/
Weetf671/
Weftt671/
Weivd671/
Wifpp671/
Wujef671/
Wioff670/
Beiff670/
Wiffs670/

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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 Weif
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