Wesson Surname
Approximately 10,031 people bear this surname
Wesson Surname Definition:
An assimilated form of Weston, q.v.
Wesson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7,076 | 1:51,224 | 6,176 |
| England | 1,595 | 1:34,933 | 4,618 |
| South Africa | 656 | 1:82,588 | 10,193 |
| Canada | 172 | 1:214,219 | 20,702 |
| Australia | 170 | 1:158,798 | 16,605 |
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| Wales | 47 | 1:65,841 | 5,810 |
| New Zealand | 28 | 1:161,726 | 18,041 |
| Germany | 25 | 1:3,220,218 | 147,383 |
| Spain | 21 | 1:2,226,287 | 55,801 |
| Costa Rica | 19 | 1:251,583 | 2,896 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| France | 16 | 1:4,151,420 | 237,746 |
| Russia | 12 | 1:12,010,255 | 361,204 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| Israel | 12 | 1:713,136 | 47,700 |
| Liberia | 11 | 1:400,776 | 20,681 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:594,869 | 21,724 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Isle of Man | 6 | 1:14,304 | 3,169 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Barbados | 2 | 1:143,724 | 1,981 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,107,467 | 26,093 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 778 | 1:31,331 | 4,158 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,182 | 1:42,486 | 4,955 |
Wesson (222) may also be a first name.
Wesson Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
An assimilated form of Weston, q.v.
Wesson Demographics
Average Male Wesson Height
177.42 cm
Average Female Wesson Height
164.61 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Wesson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wesson Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wesson occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wesson? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 51,108th most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by around 1 in 726,502 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 64 percent of Wesson live; 64 percent live in North America and 64 percent live in Anglo-North America. Wesson is also the 605,116th most frequent first name on earth, borne by 222 people.
The surname Wesson is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 7,076 people, or 1 in 51,224. In The United States Wesson is most common in: Texas, where 15 percent reside, California, where 11 percent reside and North Carolina, where 5 percent reside. Besides The United States this last name is found in 53 countries. It also occurs in England, where 16 percent reside and South Africa, where 7 percent reside.
Wesson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wesson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wesson last name expanded 599 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 205 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 4,700 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 50 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Wesson Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland and Orthodox (100%) in Russia.
In The United States those holding the Wesson last name are 8.87% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55.64% being registered with the political party.
The amount Wesson earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 40.17% more than the national average, earning R 333,096 per year; in United States they earn 4.98% less than the national average, earning $41,002 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.6% more than the national average, earning $51,966 CAD per year.
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Wesson Reference & Research
Weston FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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