Wesa Surname
Approximately 3,704 people bear this surname
Wesa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,754 | 1:26,328 | 2,954 |
| Egypt | 824 | 1:111,573 | 9,244 |
| Indonesia | 243 | 1:544,235 | 43,920 |
| Papua New Guinea | 227 | 1:35,919 | 4,288 |
| United States | 189 | 1:1,917,772 | 124,288 |
| DR Congo | 150 | 1:492,530 | 39,325 |
| Canada | 85 | 1:433,478 | 37,831 |
| Zimbabwe | 47 | 1:328,473 | 31,980 |
| Philippines | 43 | 1:2,354,377 | 127,644 |
| Germany | 34 | 1:2,367,808 | 122,173 |
| Finland | 14 | 1:392,622 | 26,475 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| Tanzania | 13 | 1:4,072,432 | 52,852 |
| Afghanistan | 12 | 1:2,679,432 | 17,028 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Wesa (2,194) may also be a first name.
Wesa Demographics
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Wesa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wesa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wesa (Arabic: ويسا, Oriya: େୱସା) is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Wesa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wesa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wesa is the 123,275th most prevalent family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,967,480 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 76 percent of Wesa reside; 48 percent reside in East Africa and 42 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Wesa is also the 159,896th most frequently occurring given name at a global level, held by 2,194 people.
It is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is borne by 1,754 people, or 1 in 26,328. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kakamega County, where 59 percent live, Vihiga County, where 12 percent live and Kilifi County, where 10 percent live. Beside Kenya it exists in 36 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 22 percent live and Indonesia, where 7 percent live.
Wesa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wesa has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wesa surname rose 3,150 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wesa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Wesa last name is predominantly Christian (91%) in Kenya and Muslim (33%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Wesa surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.67% registered with the political party.
The amount Wesa earn in different countries varies greatly. In Colombia they earn 24.78% less than the national average, earning $17,076,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 31.68% more than the national average, earning $56,818 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.53% less than the national average, earning $47,431 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wesa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wesa in the Oriya language | ||
| େୱସା | ewasa | 50 |
| େୱଶା | ewasa | 50 |
| Wesa in the Arabic language | ||
| ويسا | wysa | - |
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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 Wesa
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