Weymss Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Weymss Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
Weymss Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weymss Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Weymss occurs most in Scotland. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Weymss? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,968,613th most commonly held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Weymss occurs mostly in Europe, where 75 percent of Weymss reside; 75 percent reside in Northern Europe and 75 percent reside in British Isles.
This surname is most prevalent in Scotland, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 2,676,908. In Scotland Weymss is most prevalent in: Highland, where 50 percent reside and Scottish Borders, where 50 percent reside. Other than Scotland it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 25 percent reside and The United States, where 25 percent reside.
Weymss Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Weymss has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Weymss last name declined 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wymss | 91 | 5 | / |
| Weyms | 91 | 2 | / |
| Whymss | 83 | 3 | / |
| Weeyms | 83 | 2 | / |
| Wheyms | 83 | 0 | / |
| Weamss | 83 | 0 | / |
| Wyms | 80 | 231 | / |
| Wems | 80 | 21 | / |
| Weems | 73 | 13,993 | / |
| Weyns | 73 | 746 | / |
| Whyms | 73 | 442 | / |
| Weams | 73 | 102 | / |
| Wyoms | 73 | 49 | / |
| Weims | 73 | 14 | / |
| Wemms | 73 | 11 | / |
| Wiems | 73 | 8 | / |
| Wymms | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wyhms | 73 | 1 | / |
| Woems | 73 | 0 | / |
| Waems | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wemse | 73 | 0 | / |
| Whems | 73 | 0 | / |
| Weyens | 67 | 260 | / |
| Weeams | 67 | 86 | / |
| Whymms | 67 | 66 | / |
| Whymns | 67 | 52 | / |
| Wasems | 67 | 25 | / |
| Beyams | 67 | 8 | / |
| Wesens | 67 | 6 | / |
| Waamss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wammss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wiyems | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wheyns | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weinss | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wheams | 67 | 0 | / |
| Weyons | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Weymss
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