Wueest Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Wueest Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 20 | 1:410,646 | 30,429 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Wüeest (1) are calculated separately.
Wueest Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wueest Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wueest is found most in Switzerland. It may also appear in the variant forms: Wüeest. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wueest? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wueest is the 3,141,416th most widely held last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. Wueest occurs predominantly in Europe, where 79 percent of Wueest are found; 79 percent are found in Western Europe and 79 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name Wueest is most widely held in Switzerland, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 410,646. In Switzerland it is most common in: Canton of Lucerne, where 50 percent reside and Canton of Zürich, where 50 percent reside. Besides Switzerland this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 28 percent reside and Thailand, where 18 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wüeest | 94 | 1 | / |
| Weuest | 83 | 0 | / |
| Wuee | 80 | 1 | / |
| Uees | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wiest | 73 | 11,402 | / |
| Wüest | 73 | 2,014 | / |
| Weust | 73 | 35 | / |
| Wehet | 73 | 34 | / |
| Weeis | 73 | 23 | / |
| Weejs | 73 | 4 | / |
| Hueet | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wjees | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ueese | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wuehe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ueist | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wieszt | 67 | 373 | / |
| Wiiest | 67 | 40 | / |
| Wjeeht | 67 | 19 | / |
| Uee | 67 | 13 | / |
| Huiest | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wieste | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weheat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wiehes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whiest | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wehies | 67 | 0 | / |
| Hueett | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Wueest
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