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 surname Wetse is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Wetse.
How Common Is The Last Name Wetse? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,909,720th most frequently held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. The surname Wetse occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wetse live; 69 percent live in Central Africa and 69 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most prevalent first name worldwide It is held by 12 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 483,002. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 40 percent live, West Region, where 30 percent live and Far North Region, where 28 percent live. Not including Cameroon this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 2 percent live and Uganda, where 2 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 Wetse
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