Wheye Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Wheye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 29 | 1:152,018 | 10,911 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
Wheye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wheye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wheye is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wheye.
How Common Is The Last Name Wheye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,432,070th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of Wheye live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
The last name Wheye is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 152,018. In Liberia it is primarily concentrated in: Nimba County, where 52 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 45 percent reside and Margibi County, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account Liberia Wheye is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 12 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 Wheye
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