Wetei Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Wetei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Wetei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wetei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wetei is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wetei? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,587,209th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name Wetei occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 75 percent of Wetei reside; 75 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 75 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
Wetei is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 905,969. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: West Sepik, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Papua New Guinea Wetei occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 8 percent reside and Nigeria, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Wetei
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis