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
The surname Whearn is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Whearn click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Whearn? popularity and diffusion
The last name Whearn is the 5,391,485th most commonly occurring last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. Whearn occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Whearn live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
This last name is most numerous in Liberia, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 367,378. In Liberia Whearn is most frequent in: Montserrado County, where 83 percent reside, Grand Bassa County, where 8 percent reside and Nimba County, where 8 percent reside. Barring Liberia Whearn exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 8 percent reside.
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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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