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

Wwei is held by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Wwei.

How Common Is The Last Name Wwei? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 10,311,814th most commonly used family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname occurs mostly 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 common forename worldwide, held by 6 people.

Wwei is most prevalent in Malaysia, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 14,747,112. In Malaysia it is most prevalent in: Johor, where 50 percent are found and Penang, where 50 percent are found. Apart from Malaysia Wwei is found 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
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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 Wwei
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