Wheats Surname

2,460,878th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 61 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Wheats Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wheats Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa421:1,289,94571,309
United States171:21,321,114641,998
England21:27,859,030389,889
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Wheats Last Name Facts

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

Wheats occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wheats? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wheats is the 2,460,878th most commonly used surname internationally, held by around 1 in 119,467,966 people. The last name Wheats is primarily found in Africa, where 69 percent of Wheats reside; 69 percent reside in Southern Africa and 69 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 42 people, or 1 in 1,289,945. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 100 percent are found. Apart from South Africa Wheats exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 28 percent are found and England, where 3 percent are found.

Wheats Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wheats has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wheats surname expanded 283 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 78 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wheats Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Wheats earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 2.64% less than the national average, earning R 231,372 per year and in United States they earn 23.92% less than the national average, earning $32,828 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wheatts921/
Wheates920/
Weats914/
Whets911/
Whats911/
Whatts83105/
Whaits8398/
Whetts8322/
Weatts834/
Whetse832/
Whaths831/
Vheats830/
Whiets830/
Weates830/
Wheets830/
Wets80546/
Wats80495/
Weathes773/
Wahatse771/
Whaitts771/
Watts73199,585/
Waits737,953/
Beats73968/
Weets73938/
Weyts73782/
Woets73348/
Weits73312/
Weuts73218/
Wayts73109/
Watse73104/
Wiets7385/
Veats7350/
Wetse7345/
Wetts7329/
Waths7327/
Wauts7319/
Whits7319/
Watsh7318/
Wetås7312/
Watss7310/
Wahts738/
Wests737/
Wajts734/
Watcs733/
Wetsh732/
Whatz732/
Wetss731/
Wheac731/
Hbets731/
Huats731/
Weads731/
Whetx731/
Waats731/
Wasts730/
Huets730/
Watzs730/
Weatz730/
Wihietts710/
Wetsch67802/
Weitsz67569/
Wythes67471/
Weijts67412/
Weites67239/
Beatts6772/
Waitts6749/
Weydts6744/
Waitse6728/
Whytes6719/
Whitts6715/
Veates6713/
Wheitz6710/
Watths678/
Wattts676/
Whetze673/
Hueths673/
Wastts672/
Westst672/
Whaitz672/
Huatts672/
Weitzs672/
Hwatts671/
Wattsz671/
Wahads671/
Wattse671/
Wattss671/
Huests671/
Weetse671/
Watshe671/
Wayats671/
Waytts671/
Weatch671/
Wuatse671/
Whitse671/
Whists670/
Whatch670/
Whiths670/
Wietzs670/
Waatts670/
Watsch670/

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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
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  • 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 Wheats
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