Wetere Surname
Approximately 356 people bear this surname
Wetere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 221 | 1:20,490 | 3,596 |
| Kenya | 80 | 1:577,249 | 27,285 |
| Australia | 33 | 1:818,052 | 51,601 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Wetere (117) may also be a first name.
Wetere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wetere Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wetere is more commonly found in New Zealand than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wetere? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 791,719th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 20,470,635 people. The surname Wetere is predominantly found in Oceania, where 71 percent of Wetere are found; 71 percent are found in Australasia and 71 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand. Wetere is also the 864,112th most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 117 people.
The surname is most widespread in New Zealand, where it is carried by 221 people, or 1 in 20,490. In New Zealand it is most numerous in: Waikato Region, where 44 percent reside, Auckland Region, where 35 percent reside and Northland Region, where 11 percent reside. Apart from New Zealand this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 22 percent reside and Australia, where 9 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 Wetere
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