Wety Surname
Approximately 288 people bear this surname
Wety Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 126 | 1:152,318 | 5,554 |
| Indonesia | 111 | 1:1,191,434 | 84,297 |
| Philippines | 27 | 1:3,749,564 | 153,425 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Wety (351) may also be a first name.
Wety Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wety Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wety occurs most in Niger. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wety? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wety is the 919,444th most common last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 25,303,979 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 48 percent of Wety reside; 48 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 44 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Wety is also the 465,148th most prevalent given name internationally, borne by 351 people.
The last name Wety is most common in Niger, where it is borne by 126 people, or 1 in 152,318. In Niger Wety is most frequent in: Diffa Region, where 92 percent live and Zinder Region, where 8 percent live. Not including Niger it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 39 percent live and The Philippines, where 9 percent live.
Wety Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wety has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 50 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 Wety
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