Wesani Surname

1,817,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 103 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Wesani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wesani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran781:984,39145,758
Papua New Guinea191:429,14355,452
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Wesani (66) may also be a first name.

Wesani Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wesani Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Wesani is more frequently found in Iran than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Wesani.

How Common Is The Last Name Wesani? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,817,111th most commonly occurring last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 70,752,873 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 76 percent of Wesani live; 76 percent live in South Asia and 76 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Wesani is also the 1,201,840th most frequently occurring given name worldwide. It is borne by 66 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Iran, where it is borne by 78 people, or 1 in 984,391. In Iran it is most common in: Kurdistan Province, where 44 percent reside, West Azerbaijan Province, where 36 percent reside and Qom Province, where 18 percent reside. Besides Iran Wesani is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 18 percent reside and South Africa, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weesani921/
Wisani83627/
Vesani8324/
Wesane836/
Wexani831/
Waisani7775/
Weizani7714/
Wejhani774/
Vescani774/
Wisaini772/
Vesanai771/
Hwisani771/
Weyzani771/
Veesani771/
Weisane771/
Wisanie771/
Wisanit771/
Wisannit71147/
Veisanai711/
Weasaner710/
Visani675,306/
Wezana67912/
Vejani67511/
Wijani67406/
Vesane67119/
Wisasemni67105/
Wezane6783/
Wisane6770/
Vexani6727/
Wicani676/
Vesanh672/
Bežani672/
Vysani671/
Wezany671/
Vesoni671/
Uisani671/
Wysany670/

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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 Wesani
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