Wessan Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Wessan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 46 | 1:417,218 | 11,489 |
| United States | 17 | 1:21,321,114 | 641,998 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
Wessan (31) may also be a first name.
Wessan Demographics
Average Wessan Salary in
United States
$57,946 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wessan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wessan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wessan is carried by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wessan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,007,164th most widely held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. The surname Wessan occurs predominantly in Africa, where 62 percent of Wessan reside; 61 percent reside in West Africa and 53 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Wessan is also the 1,874,099th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 31 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Niger, where it is held by 46 people, or 1 in 417,218. In Niger it is mostly concentrated in: Tahoua Region, where 98 percent live and Maradi Region, where 2 percent live. Excluding Niger this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 20 percent live and Canada, where 15 percent live.
Wessan Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wessan last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Wessan earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 34.29% more than the national average, earning $57,946 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.69% less than the national average, earning $43,876 CAD 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 Wessan
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