Wessh Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Wessh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wessh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia81:551,06725,208
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Wessh Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wessh Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Wessh is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wessh? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,063,924th most prevalent family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 80 percent of Wessh are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 80 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 551,067. In Liberia Wessh is most common in: Montserrado County, where 63 percent are found, Grand Kru County, where 13 percent are found and Maryland County, where 13 percent are found. Beside Liberia this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 20 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weissh911/
Wesssh911/
Wess892,546/
Wesh89523/
Weisseh831/
Weesseh831/
Weiss80195,790/
Wesch801,941/
Wesse80869/
Wiess80780/
Weess80117/
Weïss80115/
Weish8080/
Wejss8055/
Weyss8030/
Weshe8026/
Weesh8019/
Wesst8010/
Wassh802/
Weuss802/
Waesh801/
Wessx801/
Weass801/
Bessh801/
Wetss801/
Wuesh800/
Whesh800/
Wuess800/
Weash800/
Whess800/
Wes7514,950/
Wesche733,936/
Weisse733,468/
Wetsch73802/
Wiesch73230/
Waesch73189/
Hweesh73137/
Weisch7377/
Woesch7341/
Weysse7324/
Weïsse7323/
Wescht7312/
Weeseh7311/
Weisss738/
Weihss737/
Weesch735/
Besshø735/
Wuesch734/
Weesse732/
Hweshe732/
Wheiss731/
Wheshe731/
Weasch731/
Weishe731/
Whesse731/
Westch731/
Wheish731/
Weyshe731/
Wehesh731/
Weussz731/
Weisst730/
Weschs730/
Weis6743,949/
Wyss6722,827/
Bess6715,374/
Wash676,336/
Wiss673,828/
Wies673,064/
Vess672,938/
Wish672,198/
Wese671,896/
Vesh671,510/
Besh671,470/
Wech67953/
Wees67665/
Weas67350/
Wejs67349/
Wesz67230/
Weys67225/
Weische67209/
Waheesh67183/
Weus67156/
Weitsch67124/
Weisæth6753/
Wehs6750/
Uesh6732/
Wäss6732/
Wesj6716/
Veisseh6712/
Wosh679/
Wesc678/
Uess678/
Hwes678/
Wues674/
Weås674/
Wysh673/
D'Weiss671/
Whes671/
Vestsch671/
Wessová671/
Wexs671/
Weïs671/
Wuesche671/
Wuescht671/
Wesx671/
Wezh671/
Wezs671/

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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 Wessh
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