Wewe Surname
Approximately 2,445 people bear this surname
Wewe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 811 | 1:12,744 | 1,733 |
| Nigeria | 559 | 1:316,892 | 17,477 |
| South Africa | 251 | 1:215,847 | 22,737 |
| Papua New Guinea | 176 | 1:46,328 | 5,742 |
| Indonesia | 132 | 1:1,001,888 | 73,451 |
| Cameroon | 117 | 1:177,513 | 18,775 |
| Belize | 111 | 1:3,202 | 644 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Vietnam | 90 | 1:1,029,401 | 1,882 |
| Uganda | 71 | 1:549,849 | 30,277 |
| Niger | 14 | 1:1,370,858 | 28,349 |
| Colombia | 6 | 1:7,962,345 | 23,614 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
Wewe (867) may also be a first name.
Wewe Demographics
Average Wewe Salary in
England
£26,075
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Wewe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wewe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wewe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻭﺍ) occurs in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wewe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 175,255th most prevalent family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 2,980,591 people. The last name Wewe occurs mostly in Africa, where 79 percent of Wewe reside; 58 percent reside in West Africa and 56 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wewe is also the 276,394th most commonly held first name on earth It is held by 867 people.
The surname is most frequent in Benin, where it is held by 811 people, or 1 in 12,744. In Benin Wewe is mostly concentrated in: Kouffo Department, where 73 percent live, Zou Department, where 10 percent live and Atlantique Department, where 5 percent live. Excluding Benin this last name occurs in 21 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 23 percent live and South Africa, where 10 percent live.
Wewe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Wewe surname is predominantly Christian (80%) in Nigeria.
The amount Wewe earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 78.65% less than the national average, earning R 50,736 per year and in Colombia they earn 57.58% less than the national average, earning $9,629,280 COP per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wewe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wewe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﻭﺍ | wwa | 50 |
| ﻭﻭ | ww | 50 |
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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 Wewe
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