Wetzie Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Wetzie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 34 | 1:59,781 | 8,665 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Wetzie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wetzie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wetzie is more commonly found in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wetzie? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wetzie is the 3,274,477th most widely held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wetzie reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequent in Lesotho, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 59,781. In Lesotho it is most common in: Butha-Buthe District, where 88 percent live, Berea District, where 9 percent live and Maseru District, where 3 percent live. Other than Lesotho it exists in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 6 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 Wetzie
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