Wetan Surname
Approximately 403 people bear this surname
Wetan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 280 | 1:472,319 | 38,999 |
| Nigeria | 108 | 1:1,640,211 | 60,875 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wetan (13) may also be a first name.
Wetan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wetan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wetan (Marathi: वेतन) is most common in Indonesia. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wetan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 722,496th most widespread last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 18,083,240 people. Wetan occurs mostly in Asia, where 69 percent of Wetan are found; 69 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 69 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Wetan is also the 3,159,357th most prevalent forename internationally It is held by 13 people.
The surname is most common in Indonesia, where it is carried by 280 people, or 1 in 472,319. In Indonesia Wetan is most frequent in: Bali, where 80 percent reside, East Nusa Tenggara, where 9 percent reside and Maluku, where 4 percent reside. Besides Indonesia it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 27 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wetan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wetan in the Marathi language | ||
| वेतन | vetana | - |
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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 Wetan
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