Wessenaar Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Wessenaar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 62 | 1:873,834 | 57,209 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Wessenaar Demographics
Average Wessenaar Salary in
South Africa
R 96,696
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Wessenaar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wessenaar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wessenaar is found most in South Africa. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wessenaar? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,414,640th most widespread family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 115,675,332 people. Wessenaar is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Wessenaar live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 873,834. In South Africa Wessenaar is most common in: Free State, where 60 percent are found, North West, where 16 percent are found and Gauteng, where 13 percent are found. Aside from South Africa this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 2 percent are found.
Wessenaar Last Name Statistics demography
Wessenaar earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 59.31% less than the national average, earning R 96,696 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wesenaar | 94 | 140 | / |
| Wassenaar | 89 | 4,465 | / |
| Wiesenaar | 89 | 54 | / |
| Weesenaar | 89 | 23 | / |
| Wissenaar | 89 | 8 | / |
| Bessenaar | 89 | 7 | / |
| Wezenaar | 82 | 142 | / |
| Wassenar | 82 | 74 | / |
| Wasenaar | 82 | 16 | / |
| Besenaar | 82 | 3 | / |
| Wisenaar | 82 | 2 | / |
| Vossenaar | 78 | 170 | / |
| Weezenaar | 78 | 13 | / |
| Weissinar | 78 | 9 | / |
| Wassanaar | 78 | 3 | / |
| Veesenaar | 78 | 2 | / |
| Wassenarr | 78 | 1 | / |
| Wessingar | 78 | 0 | / |
| Wasenar | 75 | 8 | / |
| Wesenor | 75 | 0 | / |
| Weisenhart | 74 | 2 | / |
| Wossenor | 71 | 2 | / |
| Beshenar | 71 | 2 | / |
| Whisenart | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wisenhart | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wessenaar
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