Wesai Surname
Approximately 100 people bear this surname
Wesai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 63 | 1:129,424 | 17,695 |
| Iran | 14 | 1:5,484,466 | 128,255 |
| Pakistan | 14 | 1:12,760,278 | 55,960 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
Wesai (26) may also be a first name.
Wesai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wesai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wesai is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wesai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,849,867th most numerous last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 72,875,459 people. The last name Wesai is mostly found in Oceania, where 66 percent of Wesai live; 66 percent live in Oceania Islands and 66 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Wesai is also the 2,084,397th most commonly held given name world-wide, held by 26 people.
It is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 63 people, or 1 in 129,424. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: West Sepik, where 84 percent live, Bougainville, where 13 percent live and Chimbu, where 2 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 14 percent live and Pakistan, where 14 percent live.
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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 Wesai
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