Wese Surname
Approximately 1,896 people bear this surname
Wese Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,396 | 1:52,922 | 6,382 |
| Papua New Guinea | 188 | 1:43,371 | 5,314 |
| Australia | 77 | 1:350,594 | 29,558 |
| Germany | 63 | 1:1,277,864 | 81,414 |
| Indonesia | 54 | 1:2,449,059 | 145,688 |
| Nigeria | 42 | 1:4,217,685 | 117,088 |
| United States | 19 | 1:19,076,786 | 604,894 |
| Belgium | 14 | 1:821,189 | 66,436 |
| Austria | 13 | 1:655,033 | 58,041 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 46 | 1:1,091,711 | 63,103 |
Wese (192) may also be a first name.
Wese Demographics
Average Wese Salary in
United States
$34,146 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wese Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wese Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wese (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻳﺲ) is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wese? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wese is the 216,437th most commonly used last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 3,843,642 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Wese live; 74 percent live in Central Africa and 74 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 655,603rd most prevalent forename throughout the world It is held by 192 people.
It is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 1,396 people, or 1 in 52,922. Outside of The DR Congo this last name is found in 25 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent live and Australia, where 4 percent live.
Wese Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wese has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wese surname contracted 59 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wese Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Wese earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 88.97% less than the national average, earning R 26,220 per year and in United States they earn 20.86% less than the national average, earning $34,146 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wese Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wese in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﻳﺲ | wys | - |
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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 Wese
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