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 last name Wetzie has its highest incidence in Lesotho. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wetzie? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wetzie is the 3,274,477th most commonly occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wetzie reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in Lesotho, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 59,781. In Lesotho it is most prevalent in: Butha-Buthe District, where 88 percent are found, Berea District, where 9 percent are found and Maseru District, where 3 percent are found. Other than Lesotho this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 6 percent are found.
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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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