Wheta Surname
Approximately 95 people bear this surname
Wheta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 81 | 1:190,596 | 22,493 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Wheta (17) may also be a first name.
Wheta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wheta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wheta occurs most in Zimbabwe. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wheta? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,907,068th most common surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 76,711,010 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Wheta live; 85 percent live in Southern Africa and 85 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Wheta is also the 2,694,839th most prevalent first name internationally. It is borne by 17 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 81 people, or 1 in 190,596. In Zimbabwe Wheta is most common in: Mashonaland East Province, where 33 percent are found, Harare Province, where 31 percent are found and Mashonaland Central Province, where 20 percent are found. Apart from Zimbabwe it is found in one country. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 15 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 Wheta
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