Whearn Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Whearn Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 12 | 1:367,378 | 19,503 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Whearn Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Whearn Come From? nationality or country of origin
Whearn is carried by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Whearn? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,391,485th most frequently held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Whearn reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.
Whearn is most frequently used in Liberia, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 367,378. In Liberia it is most frequent in: Montserrado County, where 83 percent live, Grand Bassa County, where 8 percent live and Nimba County, where 8 percent live. Besides Liberia this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 8 percent live.
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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 Whearn
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