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
Wests occurs more in Australia more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of Wests click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wests? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,117,718th most commonly held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Wests is mostly found in Oceania, where 43 percent of Wests reside; 43 percent reside in Australasia and 43 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.
The last name is most widely held in Australia, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 8,998,567. In Australia Wests is mostly concentrated in: New South Wales, where 100 percent reside. Beside Australia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 29 percent reside and Liberia, where 14 percent reside.
Wests Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wests has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 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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