Wetene Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Wetene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 48 | 1:169,869 | 23,574 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
Wetene (13) may also be a first name.
Wetene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wetene Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wetene occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wetene? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wetene is the 2,689,253rd most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. The last name Wetene is primarily found in Oceania, where 92 percent of Wetene live; 92 percent live in Oceania Islands and 92 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Wetene is also the 3,159,357th most frequently used first name worldwide. It is borne by 13 people.
It is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 48 people, or 1 in 169,869. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Southern Highlands, where 88 percent reside, Hela, where 10 percent reside and Morobe, where 2 percent reside. Beside Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 8 percent reside.
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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 Wetene
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