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 Wesson Salary in
United States
$41,002 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wesson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wesson Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wesson is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wesson? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 51,108th most widespread surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 726,502 people. This surname is predominantly found 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 commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 222 people.
It is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 7,076 people, or 1 in 51,224. In The United States Wesson is most numerous in: Texas, where 15 percent are found, California, where 11 percent are found and North Carolina, where 5 percent are found. Other than The United States Wesson exists in 53 countries. It also occurs in England, where 16 percent are found and South Africa, where 7 percent are found.
Wesson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wesson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wesson last name increased 599 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 205 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 4,700 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 50 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Wesson Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland and Orthodox (100%) in Russia.
In The United States those holding the Wesson surname are 8.87% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 55.64% being registered with the 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
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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
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