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 found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wesai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,849,867th most frequent last name in the world, held by around 1 in 72,875,459 people. This last name occurs predominantly 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 frequently used forename world-wide, held by 26 people.
The surname is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 63 people, or 1 in 129,424. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: West Sepik, where 84 percent reside, Bougainville, where 13 percent reside and Chimbu, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea Wesai exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 14 percent reside and Pakistan, where 14 percent reside.
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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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