Wete Surname
Approximately 5,922 people bear this surname
Wete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 2,563 | 1:10,530 | 1,295 |
| DR Congo | 1,546 | 1:47,788 | 5,789 |
| Cameroon | 1,143 | 1:18,171 | 2,482 |
| Indonesia | 115 | 1:1,149,993 | 82,063 |
| Papua New Guinea | 114 | 1:71,524 | 9,336 |
| Kenya | 86 | 1:536,976 | 26,431 |
| Benin | 52 | 1:198,762 | 18,872 |
| Solomon Islands | 47 | 1:12,341 | 2,242 |
| New Caledonia | 47 | 1:5,877 | 1,249 |
| India | 47 | 1:16,320,540 | 259,912 |
| United States | 24 | 1:15,102,456 | 529,929 |
| Zimbabwe | 22 | 1:701,738 | 50,656 |
| Uganda | 21 | 1:1,859,013 | 62,128 |
| South Africa | 21 | 1:2,579,891 | 103,459 |
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Honduras | 8 | 1:1,102,055 | 4,829 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Wète (1) & Wété (1) are calculated separately.
Wete (459) may also be a first name.
Wete Demographics
Average Wete Salary in
United States
$47,143 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wete Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wete (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺕ) occurs in Angola more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Wète or Wété. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wete.
How Common Is The Last Name Wete? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wete is the 81,927th most frequently held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,230,589 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Wete are found; 45 percent are found in Central Africa and 45 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Wete is also the 398,330th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 459 people.
This last name is most widely held in Angola, where it is held by 2,563 people, or 1 in 10,530. Other than Angola it exists in 39 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 26 percent live and Cameroon, where 19 percent live.
Wete Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wete has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wete surname grew 480 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 1,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wete Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Wete last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Wete earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 88.53% less than the national average, earning R 27,252 per year and in United States they earn 9.26% more than the national average, earning $47,143 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wete Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wete in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺕ | wt | - |
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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 Wete
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