Wessum Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Wessum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Wessum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wessum Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wessum is most common in The Netherlands. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Wessum click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wessum? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,360,413th most common last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 78 percent of Wessum live; 78 percent live in Western Europe and 78 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 2,814,529. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: North Holland, where 83 percent are found and Overijssel, where 17 percent are found. Outside of The Netherlands this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 22 percent are found and Germany, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wesshum | 92 | 0 | / |
| Weissoum | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wassum | 83 | 753 | / |
| Wossum | 83 | 84 | / |
| Wissum | 83 | 39 | / |
| Vessum | 83 | 2 | / |
| Bessum | 83 | 2 | / |
| Weseum | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bessoum | 77 | 226 | / |
| Wessung | 77 | 35 | / |
| Washsum | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wieszum | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wessoun | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wessune | 77 | 1 | / |
| Weyshum | 77 | 0 | / |
| Wisum | 73 | 1,423 | / |
| Wasum | 73 | 785 | / |
| Wesun | 73 | 123 | / |
| Besum | 73 | 69 | / |
| Wesom | 73 | 5 | / |
| Wosum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Beassoum | 71 | 1,835 | / |
| Weissoun | 71 | 6 | / |
| Beissoum | 71 | 2 | / |
| Weisshun | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ouessoum | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wesseunk | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wesson | 67 | 10,031 | / |
| Washum | 67 | 192 | / |
| Beysum | 67 | 146 | / |
| Wishum | 67 | 144 | / |
| Weisshuhn | 67 | 88 | / |
| Wahsum | 67 | 32 | / |
| Vassum | 67 | 31 | / |
| Whezum | 67 | 21 | / |
| Weisun | 67 | 10 | / |
| Weesom | 67 | 9 | / |
| Weysom | 67 | 9 | / |
| Veesum | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bessun | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wesune | 67 | 3 | / |
| Beshum | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bissum | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wissun | 67 | 3 | / |
| Weesun | 67 | 2 | / |
| Whesun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whesom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wasaum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wissom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waisum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beesum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hwesun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Besoum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wisaum | 67 | 0 | / |
| Whisum | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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- 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 Wessum
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