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 last name Wesan is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wesan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,434,893rd most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 48,583,639 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 48 percent of Wesan reside; 48 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 48 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 790,880th most prevalent first name world-wide It is held by 137 people.
The last name Wesan is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 71 people, or 1 in 114,841. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: West Sepik, where 51 percent live, Madang, where 18 percent live and Eastern Highlands, where 17 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 27 percent live and Brazil, where 15 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
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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 Wesan
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