Wyclef Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Wyclef Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 63 | 1:2,811,790 | 89,258 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Wyclef (245) may also be a first name.
Wyclef Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wyclef Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wyclef is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Wyclef click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wyclef? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,293,424th most frequent surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. The surname Wyclef occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Wyclef reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 570,604th most commonly occurring given name globally. It is borne by 245 people.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 63 people, or 1 in 2,811,790. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Adamawa, where 95 percent are found, Abia, where 2 percent are found and Delta, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 3 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wycleff | 92 | 12 | / |
| Wyclief | 92 | 2 | / |
| Wycleffe | 86 | 2 | / |
| Wyclleff | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wyclif | 83 | 57 | / |
| Wiclef | 83 | 18 | / |
| Wyclyf | 83 | 1 | / |
| Whyclieff | 80 | 3 | / |
| Wycliff | 77 | 890 | / |
| Wyclife | 77 | 212 | / |
| Wecleff | 77 | 2 | / |
| Wicleaf | 77 | 2 | / |
| Wicleff | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wyclyff | 77 | 1 | / |
| Whyclif | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wycklif | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wycklff | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wycliffe | 71 | 1,351 | / |
| Whycliff | 71 | 38 | / |
| Wyckliff | 71 | 5 | / |
| Wickleff | 71 | 2 | / |
| Wycllyfe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wycllife | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wycclife | 71 | 1 | / |
| Weycliff | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wickleaf | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wicklief | 71 | 0 | / |
| Weclew | 67 | 11 | / |
| Wyckliffe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Wiclif | 67 | 6 | / |
| Wickleffe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Uiclef | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wyklif | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beclef | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wyclef
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