Wheyan Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Wheyan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 20 | 1:220,427 | 14,169 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Wheyan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wheyan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wheyan is held by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wheyan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wheyan is the 4,307,654th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name Wheyan is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Wheyan reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.
The last name Wheyan is most frequently used in Liberia, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 220,427. In Liberia Wheyan is mostly found in: Montserrado County, where 75 percent reside, Bong County, where 5 percent reside and Grand Bassa County, where 5 percent reside. Besides Liberia it is found in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Wheyan
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