Wwei Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Wwei Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wwei Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

Wwei (6) may also be a first name.

Wwei Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wwei occurs more in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wwei? popularity and diffusion

Wwei is the 10,311,814th most commonly held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Wwei are found; 67 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 67 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 4,967,096th most commonly occurring forename throughout the world, held by 6 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Malaysia, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 14,747,112. In Malaysia Wwei is most prevalent in: Johor, where 50 percent are found and Penang, where 50 percent are found. Apart from Malaysia Wwei occurs in one country. It is also found in China, where 33 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wei8612,153,338/
Wwe8610/
Wwi864/
Wowe751,778/
Wawe751,754/
Weih751,625/
Weyi75895/
Weij75680/
Weji75256/
Hwei75255/
Weia75126/
Weie7587/
Whei7545/
Weii7526/
Weio7520/
Wwai7512/
Vwei759/
Weiy758/
Wwee753/
Wwid752/
Wwoe751/
Wwwi751/
Wwiy751/
Wweu751/
Hwwe751/
Vwwe751/
Weui751/
Wwea751/
Wweh751/
Wwer751/
Wwis751/
Wi6735,792/
We677,667/
Weihe673,251/
Weidt671,008/
Wahei67323/
Weyih67187/
Weiah67171/
Weiyi67121/
Weiha6780/
Weies6766/
Wawee6752/
Wawie6737/
Wejih6727/
Weitt6723/
Hweih6721/
Weije6721/
Weihu6718/
Wejit6717/
Waweh6717/
Wehio6713/
Wejio6711/
Weuhi6710/
Weihi6710/
Weiou6710/
Weijh678/
Wheji677/
Wejie676/
Whowe675/
Woweh675/
Wowie674/
Weicz673/
Weiis673/
Weiyh672/
Wehia672/
Waawe672/
Weiho672/
Weizs672/
Whawe672/
Wieia672/
Weisß672/
Hweij672/
Weiaa671/
Hweis671/
Weiys671/
Weiit671/
Weyie671/
Wahwe671/
Wwaje671/
Wweya671/
Woeij671/
Hweit671/
Weiee671/
Wohwe671/
Wheid671/
Wheis671/
Weizt671/
Weiht671/
Weieh671/
Wowee671/
Weiat671/
Weeji671/
Wueia671/
Hwawe671/

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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 Wwei
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