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
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Wessan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wessan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wessan is held by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wessan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,007,164th most prevalent family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. The surname Wessan occurs mostly in Africa, where 62 percent of Wessan are found; 61 percent are found in West Africa and 53 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most commonly held given name on earth, borne by 31 people.
It is most commonly used in Niger, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 417,218. In Niger Wessan is most numerous in: Tahoua Region, where 98 percent reside and Maradi Region, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Niger this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent reside and Canada, where 15 percent reside.
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 national average, with 100% being registered with the 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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