Wesan Surname
Approximately 150 people bear this surname
Wesan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 71 | 1:114,841 | 15,585 |
| Iran | 41 | 1:1,872,744 | 68,622 |
| Brazil | 22 | 1:9,730,651 | 206,332 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Wesan (137) may also be a first name.
Wesan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wesan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wesan is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Wesan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wesan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,434,893rd most frequently held family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 48,583,639 people. The last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 48 percent of Wesan live; 48 percent live in Oceania Islands and 48 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 790,880th most frequently held forename throughout the world, held by 137 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 71 people, or 1 in 114,841. In Papua New Guinea Wesan is most numerous in: West Sepik, where 51 percent reside, Madang, where 18 percent reside and Eastern Highlands, where 17 percent reside. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 27 percent reside and Brazil, where 15 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 Wesan
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