Wetse Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Wetse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 43 | 1:483,002 | 39,429 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wetse (12) may also be a first name.
Wetse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wetse Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wetse is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of Wetse click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wetse? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wetse is the 2,909,720th most commonly used last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. The last name Wetse occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wetse reside; 69 percent reside in Central Africa and 69 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Wetse is also the 3,306,491st most commonly used first name globally It is held by 12 people.
The last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 483,002. In Cameroon Wetse is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 40 percent are found, West Region, where 30 percent are found and Far North Region, where 28 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 2 percent are found and Uganda, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Wetse
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