Wereley Surname

874,560th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 309 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Wereley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wereley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada1641:224,66821,579
United States1261:2,876,658169,773
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Wereley Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wereley has its highest incidence in Canada. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wereley? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wereley is the 874,560th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 23,584,291 people. The last name Wereley is primarily found in The Americas, where 94 percent of Wereley live; 94 percent live in North America and 93 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently used in Canada, where it is held by 164 people, or 1 in 224,668. In Canada it is mostly concentrated in: Ontario, where 65 percent reside, Alberta, where 32 percent reside and Quebec, where 2 percent reside. Besides Canada it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 41 percent reside and South Africa, where 6 percent reside.

Wereley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wereley has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wereley surname increased 1,145 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wereley Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Wereley are 35.99% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 82.76% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Wereley earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 37.47% more than the national average, earning R 326,676 per year; in United States they earn 14.3% more than the national average, earning $49,321 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.96% less than the national average, earning $48,214 CAD per year.

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Wereley Reference & Research

Wereley DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Wereley FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Wereley
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