Wezan Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Wezan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 10 | 1:409,486 | 16,302 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
The alternate forms: Wezán (6) are calculated separately.
Wezan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wezan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wezan (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺯﺍﻥ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Wezán. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wezan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,057,639th most numerous last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Wezan are found; 87 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 409,486. In Mauritania Wezan is mostly concentrated in: Gorgol Region, where 100 percent are found. Besides Mauritania this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 20 percent are found and Pakistan, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wezan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wezan in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺯﺍﻥ | wzan | - |
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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 Wezan
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