Wessley Surname
Approximately 297 people bear this surname
Wessley Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 268 | 1:1,352,459 | 94,008 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 67 | 1:749,533 | 47,599 |
Wessley (415) may also be a first name.
Wessley Demographics
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Wessley Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wessley Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wessley is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wessley? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 899,940th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 24,537,192 people. The last name Wessley occurs mostly in The Americas, where 93 percent of Wessley live; 93 percent live in North America and 93 percent live in Anglo-North America. Wessley is also the 422,034th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 415 people.
The last name Wessley is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 268 people, or 1 in 1,352,459. In The United States Wessley is most common in: Missouri, where 28 percent live, Wisconsin, where 25 percent live and New York, where 10 percent live. Not including The United States this last name exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 3 percent live and Australia, where 2 percent live.
Wessley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wessley has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wessley surname expanded 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wessley Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Wessley surname are 5.28% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.05% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Wessley earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 17.52% more than the national average, earning $50,707 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.5% less than the national average, earning $37,510 CAD 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 Wessley
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