Wevans Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Wevans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wevans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wevans Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wevans is held by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Wevans click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wevans? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wevans is the 8,968,613th most widespread family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Wevans reside; 50 percent reside in South America and 50 percent reside in Luso-South America.

The surname Wevans is most prevalent in Brazil, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 107,037,166. In Brazil it is most prevalent in: Minas Gerais, where 50 percent are found and São Paulo, where 50 percent are found. Without taking into account Brazil this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bevans834,577/
Vevans831/
Beavans7791/
Bevauns776/
Weivens771/
Beivans770/
Beveans770/
Beevans770/
Bivans67335/
Wawans67240/
Bebans6733/
Vibans6718/
Bevons6712/
Vivans679/
Bevanz675/
Vavans672/
Wiwans672/
Wivens672/
Wovens672/
Viwans672/
Veshvansh671/
Vawans671/
Wavens671/
Vowens671/
Wowens670/

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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 Wevans
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