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 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

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
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  • 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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