Wet Surname
Approximately 1,299 people bear this surname
Wet Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 335 | 1:161,724 | 18,138 |
| Indonesia | 184 | 1:718,746 | 55,532 |
| India | 170 | 1:4,512,149 | 117,295 |
| Papua New Guinea | 163 | 1:50,023 | 6,268 |
| Thailand | 151 | 1:467,804 | 81,807 |
| United States | 66 | 1:5,491,802 | 273,080 |
| Malaysia | 63 | 1:468,162 | 23,720 |
| England | 26 | 1:2,143,002 | 82,017 |
| Argentina | 19 | 1:2,249,653 | 107,269 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Philippines | 13 | 1:7,787,556 | 197,164 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Namibia | 5 | 1:481,880 | 11,140 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
Wet (5,244) may also be a first name.
Wet Demographics
Wet Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wet Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wet Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wet (Arabic: ويت) has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wet? popularity and diffusion
It is the 293,918th most frequently used last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 5,610,120 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 39 percent of Wet reside; 27 percent reside in Southern Africa and 26 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Wet is also the 93,385th most common first name in the world. It is borne by 5,244 people.
This surname is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 335 people, or 1 in 161,724. In South Africa Wet is most common in: Gauteng, where 47 percent reside, Western Cape, where 25 percent reside and Free State, where 9 percent reside. Not including South Africa this surname exists in 54 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 14 percent reside and India, where 13 percent reside.
Wet Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Wet are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% being registered with the political party.
The amount Wet earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 74.12% less than the national average, earning R 61,500 per year and in United States they earn 11.94% less than the national average, earning $37,996 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wet Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wet in the Arabic language | ||
| ويت | wyt | - |
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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 Wet
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