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
Wesan occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wesan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,434,893rd most frequently used surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 48,583,639 people. The last name Wesan occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 48 percent of Wesan are found; 48 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 48 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 790,880th most common forename at a global level, held by 137 people.
Wesan is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 71 people, or 1 in 114,841. In Papua New Guinea Wesan is mostly found in: West Sepik, where 51 percent are found, Madang, where 18 percent are found and Eastern Highlands, where 17 percent are found. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea Wesan is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 27 percent are found and Brazil, where 15 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis