Wettey Surname
Approximately 773 people bear this surname
Wettey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 762 | 1:35,460 | 4,134 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Wettey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wettey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wettey occurs in Ghana more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wettey? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 442,270th most frequently held surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 9,427,614 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wettey reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most commonly used in Ghana, where it is carried by 762 people, or 1 in 35,460. Apart from Ghana this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Germany, where 0 percent reside.
Wettey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wettey has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 250 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Wettey
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