Wetie Surname
Approximately 482 people bear this surname
Wetie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 468 | 1:44,378 | 5,843 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
The alternate forms: Wetié (2) are calculated separately.
Wetie (56) may also be a first name.
Wetie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wetie Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wetie is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Wetié. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wetie? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 633,196th most prevalent last name globally, borne by around 1 in 15,119,390 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Wetie are found; 97 percent are found in Central Africa and 96 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Wetie is also the 1,321,957th most numerous first name on earth It is held by 56 people.
This last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 468 people, or 1 in 44,378. In Cameroon Wetie is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 44 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 33 percent reside and West Region, where 16 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon Wetie exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and France, where 1 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 Wetie
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