Wh Surname

470,273rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 714 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Wh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wh Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia5781:228,80521,247
Pakistan1281:1,395,65515,659
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
China21:683,660,78330,601
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419

Wh (1,056) may also be a first name.

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Wh Demographics

Average Male Wh Height

176.45 cm

Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 29 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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Wh Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wh is found most frequently in Indonesia. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wh? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wh is the 470,273rd most widely held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 10,206,647 people. The surname Wh occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Wh live; 81 percent live in Southeast Asia and 81 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Wh is also the 246,335th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 1,056 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 578 people, or 1 in 228,805. In Indonesia it is most prevalent in: Central Java, where 28 percent reside, West Java, where 13 percent reside and Aceh, where 12 percent reside. Barring Indonesia it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 18 percent reside and Taiwan, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whe8033/
Wwh807/
Wph807/
Whh805/
Vwh805/
Hwh805/
Wfh803/
W671,405/
Wwth675/
Wshh672/
Wtth672/
Wsch672/
Wfhh672/
Wfhp672/
Hwfh671/
Hwwh671/
Vwph671/
Whhe671/
Hwth671/
Wffh671/
Wwfh671/
Wtdh671/
Wssh671/
Wshz671/
Wphs671/
Wfhs671/
Wfhd671/
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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 Wh
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis