Wetou Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Wetou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
Wetou (23) may also be a first name.
Wetou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wetou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wetou is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wetou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,968,613th most prevalent family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Wetou reside; 75 percent reside in Southern Africa and 75 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Wetou is also the 2,239,265th most frequently held first name globally, borne by 23 people.
The last name Wetou is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 18,059,235. In South Africa Wetou is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 100 percent live. Other than South Africa this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Vanuatu, where 25 percent live.
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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 Wetou
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