Wheto Surname

454,874th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 745 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Wheto Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wheto Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7411:239,05913,890
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
England11:55,718,059489,080
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Wheto (41) may also be a first name.

Wheto Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wheto is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wheto? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 454,874th most prevalent surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,781,941 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wheto reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wheto is also the 1,590,275th most widespread first name globally. It is borne by 41 people.

Wheto is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 741 people, or 1 in 239,059. In Nigeria it is most common in: Lagos, where 51 percent live, Ogun, where 48 percent live and Abia, where 0 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wheato9147/
Whetho9118/
Whetto9115/
Whgeto913/
Whoeto911/
Wheeto911/
Weheto911/
Weto89742/
Wheatoa830/
Hueto801,359/
Weeto80362/
Wheta8095/
Waeto8079/
Wetto8079/
Wahto8069/
Wetoi8049/
Weito8028/
Wetoh8023/
Wetoy8014/
Wetho808/
Wehto806/
Whito805/
Whoto804/
Wetou804/
Woeto803/
Hweto801/
Weïto801/
Houeto737,761/
Huetos7395/
Weatoa7356/
Huetto7310/
Whetha7310/
Wettoi738/
Westoo736/
Wahato733/
Whitto732/
Whatto732/
Waahto732/
Hbeato731/
Wettoh731/
Wechto731/
Westot731/
Whitop731/
Whatou731/
Wetoud731/
Wehtoh731/
Weituo731/
Whotho731/
Weatuo731/
Weitou731/
Weitop731/
Westoy731/
Beto6714,870/
Woto6713,652/
Weta672,421/
Veto672,229/
Wito671,114/
Ueto6772/
Houetou6731/
Houetto677/
Westott677/
Weitosh675/
Whitous673/
Houetoh671/
Hweitoz671/
Waheita671/
Whytoch670/
Whithot670/
Huestos670/
Whitout670/
Whittoy670/

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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 Wheto
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