Wessi Surname
Approximately 99 people bear this surname
Wessi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 40 | 1:258,390 | 22,474 |
| Ivory Coast | 23 | 1:1,003,097 | 24,580 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wessi (193) may also be a first name.
Wessi Demographics
Average Wessi Salary in
South Africa
R 395,604
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Wessi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wessi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wessi occurs most in Benin. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wessi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,860,621st most prevalent last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 73,611,575 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 78 percent of Wessi reside; 46 percent reside in West Africa and 43 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wessi is also the 653,740th most frequently used first name throughout the world, borne by 193 people.
This surname is most widely held in Benin, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 258,390. In Benin Wessi is most numerous in: Alibori Department, where 85 percent live, Borgou Department, where 8 percent live and Atakora Department, where 3 percent live. Beside Benin this last name exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 23 percent live and Cameroon, where 17 percent live.
Wessi Last Name Statistics demography
Wessi earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 66.47% more than the national average, earning R 395,604 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 Wessi
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