Whean Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Whean Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 34 | 1:129,663 | 9,726 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 7 | 1:534,745 | 14,325 |
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Whean Demographics
Whean Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Whean Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Whean Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Whean is held by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Whean click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Whean? popularity and diffusion
The last name Whean is the 3,141,416th most commonly held last name globally, borne by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Whean live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
The surname Whean is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 129,663. In Liberia it is most prevalent in: Nimba County, where 82 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 15 percent reside and Grand Bassa County, where 3 percent reside. Other than Liberia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 10 percent reside and England, where 3 percent reside.
Whean Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Whean surname is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
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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 Whean
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