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
Wesseh occurs most in Liberia. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wesseh.
How Common Is The Last Name Wesseh? popularity and diffusion
It is the 30,865th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 421,075 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wesseh live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 246,979th most common first name throughout the world, held by 1,051 people.
It is most widely held in Liberia, where it is borne by 16,681 people, or 1 in 264. In Liberia it is most numerous in: Montserrado County, where 30 percent are found, River Gee County, where 20 percent are found and Maryland County, where 13 percent are found. Barring Liberia this last name is found in 15 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 3 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Wesseh Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wesseh has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 9,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wesseh Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Wesseh surname are 3.91% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 57.14% being registered to vote for the political 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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