Wewo Surname

849,693rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 322 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Wewo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wewo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia2961:446,78837,223
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
Solomon Islands101:58,00311,702
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Wewo (108) may also be a first name.

Wewo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wewo (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻭ) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wewo.

How Common Is The Last Name Wewo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wewo is the 849,693rd most commonly occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 22,632,130 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 90 percent of Wewo are found; 90 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 90 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Wewo is also the 904,892nd most frequently held forename globally, borne by 108 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 296 people, or 1 in 446,788. In Indonesia Wewo is most numerous in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 94 percent reside, South Sulawesi, where 3 percent reside and West Papua, where 1 percent reside. Barring Indonesia it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent reside and The Solomon Islands, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weuwo894/
Weiwo893/
Wewoh892/
Wewot891/
Weawo891/
Wewop891/
Woewoh806/
Waewoh802/
Wewouh801/
Weawou801/
Wawo753,488/
Wiwo751,320/
Wewa75586/
Wevo755/
Vewo755/
Weswood735/
Weywood731/
Wawoh67543/
Weawa6766/
Wewah6758/
Waiwo6738/
Wawuo6721/
Weiwa6715/
Wawoi6714/
Waewa6712/
Whawo6711/
Wiowo677/
Wywot675/
Whevo675/
Wiwou674/
Weewa673/
Veewo673/
Weevo671/
Wiwoo671/
Bewoi671/
Bewoy671/
Wawoo671/
Whewa671/
Weweu671/
Hwewa671/
Wiwod671/
Wevou671/
Wahwo671/
Wwibo671/
Wjwop671/

Wewo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Wewo in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻭﻭww-

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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 Wewo
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