Weta Surname
Approximately 2,421 people bear this surname
Weta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 690 | 1:256,729 | 14,780 |
| Indonesia | 517 | 1:255,801 | 23,252 |
| DR Congo | 342 | 1:216,022 | 21,248 |
| Kenya | 313 | 1:147,540 | 11,776 |
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Papua New Guinea | 156 | 1:52,267 | 6,566 |
| Zimbabwe | 142 | 1:108,720 | 15,015 |
| Poland | 25 | 1:1,520,350 | 87,293 |
| Benin | 21 | 1:492,172 | 32,947 |
| Solomon Islands | 18 | 1:32,224 | 6,317 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Tanzania | 8 | 1:6,617,702 | 68,742 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 21 | 1:2,391,366 | 115,093 |
Weta (849) may also be a first name.
Weta Demographics
Weta Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Weta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Weta (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺗﻪ, Hindi: स्वेता) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Weta? popularity and diffusion
The last name Weta is the 176,728th most commonly held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 3,010,139 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 70 percent of Weta are found; 30 percent are found in West Africa and 30 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Weta is also the 279,817th most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 849 people.
The last name Weta is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 690 people, or 1 in 256,729. In Nigeria Weta is most prevalent in: Niger, where 90 percent are found, Delta, where 2 percent are found and Edo, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria Weta exists in 24 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 21 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 14 percent are found.
Weta Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Weta has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 76 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Weta Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya and Muslim (91%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Weta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Weta in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺗﻪ | wth | - |
| Weta in the Hindi language | ||
| स्वेता | sveta | - |
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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 Weta
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