Wejse Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Wejse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 52 | 1:108,552 | 10,139 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Wejse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wejse Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wejse is carried by more people in Denmark than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Wejse click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wejse? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,605,694th most frequently used last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Wejse are found; 95 percent are found in Northern Europe and 95 percent are found in Scandinavia.
The last name Wejse is most commonly used in Denmark, where it is borne by 52 people, or 1 in 108,552. In Denmark Wejse is most prevalent in: Central Denmark Region, where 69 percent are found, Capital Region of Denmark, where 17 percent are found and Region of Southern Denmark, where 12 percent are found. Other than Denmark this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Wejse
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