Wetchen Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Wetchen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Wetchen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wetchen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wetchen occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wetchen? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wetchen is the 8,968,613th most frequent surname globally It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Wetchen live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Kaduna, where 50 percent are found and Plateau, where 50 percent are found. Barring Nigeria Wetchen is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 50 percent are found.
Wetchen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wetchen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wetchen surname decreased 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Wetchen
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