Wesen Surname
Approximately 5,921 people bear this surname
Wesen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 5,473 | 1:17,823 | 2,389 |
| United States | 250 | 1:1,449,836 | 99,395 |
| Indonesia | 81 | 1:1,632,706 | 107,418 |
| Germany | 27 | 1:2,981,684 | 140,707 |
| Brazil | 19 | 1:11,267,070 | 228,483 |
| Finland | 18 | 1:305,372 | 22,464 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 50 | 1:1,004,374 | 59,252 |
The alternate forms: Wesén (52) are calculated separately.
Wesen (2,164) may also be a first name.
Wesen Demographics
Average Wesen Salary in
United States
$57,213 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wesen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wesen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wesen is held by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Wesén. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wesen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 81,937th most commonly occurring last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,230,796 people. The surname Wesen is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Wesen are found; 92 percent are found in East Africa and 92 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Wesen is also the 161,203rd most widely held first name on earth, borne by 2,164 people.
It is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is held by 5,473 people, or 1 in 17,823. Excluding Ethiopia this last name exists in 23 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 4 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 percent live.
Wesen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wesen has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 500 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wesen Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wesen last name are 17.04% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 70.27% registered to vote for the political party.
Wesen earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 32.59% more than the national average, earning $57,213 USD per year.
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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 Wesen
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