Whel Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Whel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Whel (46) may also be a first name.
Whel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Whel Come From? nationality or country of origin
Whel is found most in Thailand. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Whel? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,193,072nd most widely held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Whel is mostly found in Asia, where 60 percent of Whel reside; 40 percent reside in West Africa and 40 percent reside in Tai-Asia. Whel is also the 1,484,914th most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 46 people.
It is most frequent in Thailand, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 35,319,172. In Thailand Whel is most numerous in: Narathiwat Province, where 50 percent are found and Songkhla Province, where 50 percent are found. Beside Thailand it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 20 percent are found and Liberia, where 20 percent are found.
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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 Whel
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