Wetya Surname

891,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 301 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Wetya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wetya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand2761:255,93643,511
Indonesia221:6,011,327267,290
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Wetya (10) may also be a first name.

Wetya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wetya Come From? nationality or country of origin

Wetya is carried by more people in Thailand than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wetya? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 891,661st most frequently occurring family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 24,211,116 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Wetya live; 98 percent live in Southeast Asia and 92 percent live in Tai-Asia. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently held first name globally, borne by 10 people.

The surname Wetya is most common in Thailand, where it is held by 276 people, or 1 in 255,936. In Thailand Wetya is most numerous in: Sa Kaeo Province, where 49 percent live, Prachinburi Province, where 30 percent live and Surat Thani Province, where 7 percent live. Beside Thailand it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 7 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wetyah9114/
Wetaaya837/
Watya80129/
Witya8043/
Wetia8022/
Vetya8010/
Wotya801/
Wetye801/
Watyai7368/
Wetiyo735/
Weitia733/
Wittya732/
Wityaz732/
Behtya731/
Wadtya731/
Wettea731/
Waatya731/
Wetiea731/
Wethia731/
Wettye731/
Veitya731/
Betyea730/
Wieteha6716/
Wadthya6713/
Weintia679/
Betayya675/
Vedthya675/
Westiey671/
Wethiua671/
Wojtyea671/
Wete'au671/
Westyeh671/
Weiteha671/

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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 Wetya
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