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

The last name Wetya occurs more in Thailand more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Wetya.

How Common Is The Last Name Wetya? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 891,661st most commonly used family name globally It is held by around 1 in 24,211,116 people. The last name Wetya occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Wetya reside; 98 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 92 percent reside in Tai-Asia. It is also the 3,684,242nd most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 10 people.

This last name is most common in Thailand, where it is borne by 276 people, or 1 in 255,936. In Thailand Wetya is primarily concentrated in: Sa Kaeo Province, where 49 percent reside, Prachinburi Province, where 30 percent reside and Surat Thani Province, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Thailand it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 7 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.

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
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  • 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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