Weze Surname
Approximately 279 people bear this surname
Weze Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 168 | 1:1,054,421 | 44,098 |
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Weze (70) may also be a first name.
Weze Demographics
Average Weze Salary in
United States
$57,922 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Weze Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weze Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Weze (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺯ) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Weze? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 940,398th most numerous family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 26,120,236 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Weze are found; 63 percent are found in West Africa and 62 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,162,016th most commonly held forename world-wide, held by 70 people.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 168 people, or 1 in 1,054,421. In Nigeria Weze is most frequent in: Plateau, where 45 percent are found, Kogi, where 15 percent are found and Benue, where 7 percent are found. Other than Nigeria it occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 29 percent are found and The United States, where 4 percent are found.
Weze Last Name Statistics demography
Weze earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 34.24% more than the national average, earning $57,922 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Weze Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Weze in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺯ | wz | - |
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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 Weze
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