Westerway Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Westerway Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Westerway Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia351:771,30649,759
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419

Westerway Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Westerway Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Westerway is more commonly found in Australia than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Westerway? popularity and diffusion

The surname Westerway is the 3,274,477th most frequently used family name internationally, held by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. Westerway is mostly found in Oceania, where 97 percent of Westerway live; 97 percent live in Australasia and 97 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

The surname Westerway is most commonly occurring in Australia, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 771,306. In Australia Westerway is primarily found in: Victoria, where 40 percent reside, New South Wales, where 34 percent reside and Tasmania, where 26 percent reside. Beside Australia this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Canada, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wetherway890/
Weatherway8416/
Witherway782/
Westherby781/
Wetherwas780/
Westerbey780/
Wetherwap780/
Westerwich7413/
Weatherwas747/
Weatherwai741/
Vesterby71415/
Wästerby7119/
Westervi711/
Westerve711/
Weaterby711/
Wetterby710/
Wisterby710/
Westerwoudt70114/
Whetherby673/
Westherbe671/
Bytherway670/
Witherwat670/
Wetherbey670/
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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 Westerway
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