Whethan Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Whethan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Whethan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Whethan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Whethan is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Whethan.
How Common Is The Last Name Whethan? popularity and diffusion
Whethan is the 6,723,624th most widespread family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Whethan reside; 75 percent reside in North America and 75 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
The surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 72,491,787. In The United States Whethan is most frequent in: Washington, where 40 percent live, Alaska, where 20 percent live and California, where 20 percent live. Apart from The United States it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 25 percent live and Canada, where 13 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 Whethan
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