Wime Surname
Approximately 1,963 people bear this surname
Wime Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 1,775 | 1:15,205 | 1,826 |
| DR Congo | 123 | 1:600,647 | 45,387 |
| Papua New Guinea | 53 | 1:153,844 | 21,244 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Wime (185) may also be a first name.
Wime Demographics
Wime Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Wime Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wime Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wime is held by more people in Angola than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wime? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 210,289th most common surname globally, held by around 1 in 3,712,453 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Wime are found; 90 percent are found in Southern Africa and 90 percent are found in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 669,105th most commonly used forename in the world, held by 185 people.
This surname is most frequent in Angola, where it is held by 1,775 people, or 1 in 15,205. Beside Angola this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 6 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent live.
Wime Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wime has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wime last name rose 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wime Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
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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 Wime
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