Wests Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Wests Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 28 | 1:1,793,524 | 92,026 |
Wests Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wests Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wests is borne by more people in Australia than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wests? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wests is the 7,117,718th most commonly occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 43 percent of Wests are found; 43 percent are found in Australasia and 43 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.
The surname is most common in Australia, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 8,998,567. In Australia it is mostly found in: New South Wales, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Australia Wests is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 29 percent reside and Liberia, where 14 percent reside.
Wests Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wests has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wests last name declined 93 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westst | 91 | 2 | / |
| Wets | 89 | 546 | / |
| Weets | 80 | 938 | / |
| Weyts | 80 | 782 | / |
| Weits | 80 | 312 | / |
| Weuts | 80 | 218 | / |
| Wiets | 80 | 85 | / |
| Wetse | 80 | 45 | / |
| Wetts | 80 | 29 | / |
| Weats | 80 | 4 | / |
| Vests | 80 | 4 | / |
| Wetsh | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wedst | 80 | 2 | / |
| Whets | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bests | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wecss | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wetss | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wists | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wasts | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wosts | 80 | 0 | / |
| Westz | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wetsch | 73 | 802 | / |
| Weitsz | 73 | 569 | / |
| Weijts | 73 | 412 | / |
| Wetshe | 73 | 142 | / |
| Wheats | 73 | 61 | / |
| Weydts | 73 | 44 | / |
| Whetts | 73 | 22 | / |
| Weatts | 73 | 4 | / |
| Vestås | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wastts | 73 | 2 | / |
| Whetse | 73 | 2 | / |
| Westch | 73 | 1 | / |
| Huests | 73 | 1 | / |
| Weetse | 73 | 1 | / |
| Whists | 73 | 0 | / |
| Weschs | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wheets | 73 | 0 | / |
| Whiets | 73 | 0 | / |
| Bets | 67 | 2,493 | / |
| Wetz | 67 | 1,783 | / |
| Vets | 67 | 1,560 | / |
| Wits | 67 | 311 | / |
| Wyts | 67 | 200 | / |
| Weitsch | 67 | 124 | / |
| Wesc | 67 | 8 | / |
| Wietsch | 67 | 7 | / |
| Weds | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wettsjø | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vestsch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wheatts | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wezs | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wests
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