Wests Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Wests Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wests Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States281:1,793,52492,026

Wests Last Name Facts

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

Wests is carried by more people in Australia than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wests.

How Common Is The Last Name Wests? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wests is the 7,117,718th most widespread last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name is predominantly 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 Wests is most frequent in Australia, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 8,998,567. In Australia it is mostly found in: New South Wales, where 100 percent live. Excluding Australia this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 29 percent live and Liberia, where 14 percent live.

Wests Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wests has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wests last name decreased 93 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Westst912/
Wets89546/
Weets80938/
Weyts80782/
Weits80312/
Weuts80218/
Wiets8085/
Wetse8045/
Wetts8029/
Weats804/
Vests804/
Wetsh802/
Wedst802/
Whets801/
Bests801/
Wecss801/
Wetss801/
Wists800/
Wasts800/
Wosts800/
Westz800/
Wetsch73802/
Weitsz73569/
Weijts73412/
Wetshe73142/
Wheats7361/
Weydts7344/
Whetts7322/
Weatts734/
Vestås732/
Wastts732/
Whetse732/
Westch731/
Huests731/
Weetse731/
Whists730/
Weschs730/
Wheets730/
Whiets730/
Bets672,493/
Wetz671,783/
Vets671,560/
Wits67311/
Wyts67200/
Weitsch67124/
Wesc678/
Wietsch677/
Weds673/
Wettsjø671/
Vestsch671/
Wheatts671/
Wezs671/

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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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