Westerway Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Westerway Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 35 | 1:771,306 | 49,759 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
Westerway Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Westerway Come From? nationality or country of origin
Westerway is found most frequently in Australia. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Westerway? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,274,477th most frequent last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. The surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 97 percent of Westerway are found; 97 percent are found in Australasia and 97 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.
This surname is most common in Australia, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 771,306. In Australia it is most prevalent in: Victoria, where 40 percent reside, New South Wales, where 34 percent reside and Tasmania, where 26 percent reside. Excluding Australia this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Canada, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wetherway | 89 | 0 | / |
| Weatherway | 84 | 16 | / |
| Witherway | 78 | 2 | / |
| Westherby | 78 | 1 | / |
| Wetherwas | 78 | 0 | / |
| Westerbey | 78 | 0 | / |
| Wetherwap | 78 | 0 | / |
| Westerwich | 74 | 13 | / |
| Weatherwas | 74 | 7 | / |
| Weatherwai | 74 | 1 | / |
| Vesterby | 71 | 415 | / |
| Wästerby | 71 | 19 | / |
| Westervi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Westerve | 71 | 1 | / |
| Weaterby | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wetterby | 71 | 0 | / |
| Wisterby | 71 | 0 | / |
| Westerwoudt | 70 | 114 | / |
| Whetherby | 67 | 3 | / |
| Westherbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bytherway | 67 | 0 | / |
| Witherwat | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wetherbey | 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
- 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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