Wesal Surname
Approximately 2,900 people bear this surname
Wesal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 1,702 | 1:45,113 | 5,138 |
| Egypt | 976 | 1:94,196 | 8,120 |
| Indonesia | 116 | 1:1,140,079 | 81,531 |
| Pakistan | 56 | 1:3,190,069 | 25,212 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Yemen | 8 | 1:3,303,162 | 16,088 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Syria | 4 | 1:4,825,256 | 12,827 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Wesal (23,584) may also be a first name.
Wesal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wesal Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wesal (Arabic: صال) occurs in Iran more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wesal? popularity and diffusion
It is the 151,840th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 2,512,947 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 62 percent of Wesal live; 61 percent live in South Asia and 61 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 33,439th most widely held first name globally, borne by 23,584 people.
The surname Wesal is most widely held in Iran, where it is borne by 1,702 people, or 1 in 45,113. In Iran Wesal is most numerous in: Tehran Province, where 17 percent are found, Fars Province, where 16 percent are found and Isfahan Province, where 12 percent are found. Aside from Iran it is found in 15 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 34 percent are found and Indonesia, where 4 percent are found.
Wesal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wesal has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wesal surname declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wesal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wesal in the Arabic language | ||
| صال | sal | - |
| وصال | wsal | - |
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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 Wesal
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