Wesseh Surname
Approximately 17,307 people bear this surname
Wesseh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 16,681 | 1:264 | 35 |
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| United States | 90 | 1:4,027,321 | 218,060 |
| Iran | 11 | 1:6,980,229 | 145,986 |
| Ivory Coast | 11 | 1:2,097,385 | 37,425 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Wesseh (1,051) may also be a first name.
Wesseh Demographics
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Wesseh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wesseh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wesseh occurs more in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wesseh? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 30,865th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 421,075 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wesseh reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Wesseh is also the 246,979th most frequent given name in the world, borne by 1,051 people.
The last name Wesseh is most commonly used in Liberia, where it is held by 16,681 people, or 1 in 264. In Liberia it is primarily concentrated in: Montserrado County, where 30 percent reside, River Gee County, where 20 percent reside and Maryland County, where 13 percent reside. Barring Liberia this last name occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Wesseh Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wesseh has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 9,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wesseh Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Wesseh last name are 3.91% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 57.14% being registered to vote for the party.
Wesseh earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 40.94% less than the national average, earning $25,482 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 Wesseh
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