Wes Forename

15,593rd
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 61,281 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Wes Forename

The meaning of this forename is not listed.

Wes Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
42,9771:8,436974
Canada
100%
8,8411:3,748651
Australia-2,3151:5,900722
Afghanistan
100%
8521:38,2912,118
Iran
100%
8521:92,1322,460
Syria-7891:24,4691,213
England
100%
6671:83,3633,335
Indonesia
100%
5181:497,99937,544
Egypt
 
61%
4771:192,6647,172
Nigeria
100%
4711:376,99412,968
Saudi Arabia-4081:75,5218,273
Poland
95%
 
3771:100,8682,190
Netherlands
100%
2651:63,7813,980
Iraq
100%
2031:172,5023,219
Papua New Guinea
77%
 
1731:47,1234,557
New Zealand-1641:27,6591,894
India
87%
 
1101:11,044,345320,959
South Africa
100%
931:586,37326,659
Yemen-821:320,6922,033
Philippines
95%
 
741:1,432,56035,043
Japan-401:3,199,65123,520
Brazil
100%
381:5,637,79484,722
Kuwait-381:99,6126,886
China-341:40,178,11161,702
Ireland
100%
301:154,7843,255
Northern Ireland-271:68,2651,323
Malaysia
57%
 
241:1,268,74841,875
Wales
100%
231:134,5352,882
Belgium
100%
201:574,5028,765
Germany
99%
 
201:4,833,89419,927
Singapore
100%
201:314,3539,609
Dominican Republic-191:549,01414,985
Thailand
69%
 
181:3,892,54581,378
Scotland
100%
161:334,3984,869
Russia
100%
141:10,302,40738,919
South Korea-101:554,44213,303
Hong Kong-91:861,4145,456
Taiwan
100%
91:2,641,07657,947
Tunisia-91:75,2113,284
United Arab Emirates-91:794,66624,808
Colombia-81:5,972,36631,268
Lebanon
100%
81:703,4467,424
France-71:9,495,76330,047
Jordan
100%
71:1,260,9686,027
Spain-71:6,647,13816,660
Sweden
100%
61:1,642,98427,315
Costa Rica-51:953,59010,779
Mexico
100%
51:24,828,88553,479
Qatar
100%
51:473,92138,106
DR Congo
100%
41:18,456,90195,891
Kenya-41:11,576,77840,588
Liberia
100%
41:1,103,01525,024
Namibia-41:601,0457,837
Argentina-31:14,257,74823,489
Cameroon-31:7,203,50173,722
Italy
85%
 
31:20,354,03045,650
Pakistan
100%
31:64,785,893186,184
Puerto Rico-31:1,183,4345,646
Switzerland
100%
31:2,737,83221,065
Zambia-31:5,284,93137,895
Honduras-21:4,408,73423,808
Maldives-21:216,9523,781
Trinidad and Tobago-21:680,71023,658
Vietnam-21:46,311,5567,272
Albania-11:3,046,57049,159
Austria-11:8,514,20119,377
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606
Bahrain-11:1,348,6737,854
Barbados-11:289,7893,893
Belarus
100%
11:9,482,38420,892
Belize-11:354,3097,663
Benin-11:10,575,84390,010
Bulgaria-11:6,990,39027,036
Chile-11:17,607,20848,996
Congo
100%
11:5,009,20537,978
Croatia-11:4,217,07620,943
Cyprus-11:871,0765,368
Djibouti-11:915,6642,132
Ecuador-11:17,726,91931,775
Finland-11:5,483,18325,487
Greece-11:10,934,54822,228
Grenada-11:108,1254,208
Guam-11:160,6463,210
Guernsey
100%
11:63,331901
Guyana-11:763,26224,238
Haiti-11:10,726,95341,696
Israel
100%
11:8,402,91845,019
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
Laos-11:6,586,8561,888
Libya-11:6,221,3093,060
Lithuania-11:2,951,8825,377
Luxembourg-11:564,0495,042
Macau-11:608,2092,350
Mauritius-11:1,297,78413,721
Nicaragua-11:6,018,33634,175
Northern Mariana Islands-11:54,6681,803
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513
Oman-11:4,108,66712,526
Peru
100%
11:31,791,454110,866
Portugal-11:10,410,86612,786
Samoa-11:195,1901,348
Tanzania-11:52,788,31985,066
Togo-11:7,239,2398,047
Uganda-11:40,956,920131,348
United States Virgin Islands-11:109,7474,493
Venezuela-11:30,201,893231,239
Zimbabwe
100%
11:15,423,817113,731

Wes (14,950) may also be a surname.

Wes Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wies863,374/
Wess861,169/
Wese86192/
Weis86145/
Weas86113/
Wesh8661/
Wees8641/
Weus869/
Weys865/
Wesz863/
Wesx862/
Whes862/
Wwes861/
Wexs861/
Hwes861/
Weiss754,232/
Wuese753,990/
Wesse75355/
Weise7574/
Weshe7554/
Weesh7541/
Weese7536/
Whees7526/
Weisz7518/
Weyse7513/
Wease759/
Wiess757/
Weish757/
Wessh755/
Weash753/
Wiesz753/
Wejsh752/
Hwess752/
Wedse752/
Wedss752/
Wesch752/
Whese752/
We'es751/
Wuess751/
Wesdt751/
Weshs751/
Weihs751/
Weijs751/
Weass751/
Weaxs751/
Waeys751/
Vwest751/
Whies751/
Vweds751/
Wehsd751/
Weuzs751/
Weyss751/
Wezhs751/
Whesh751/
Hwees751/
Weishe674,385/
Bes671,587/
Wis671,134/
Ues67730/
Ves67532/
Wez67343/
Wex6772/
Wys6763/
Wej6723/
Weisse6717/
Weitse6710/
Wjs6710/
Wesche675/
Hweesh674/
Hwetse672/
Wheesh672/
Wheads672/
Weïsse671/
Wheiss671/
Wheash671/
Weidds671/
Weggis671/
Weisze671/
Wheids671/
Wheyds671/
Wheyss671/
Hwesse671/
W'Hest671/
Weezsh671/
Weeshe671/
Wueshe671/
Whesse671/
Wheeds671/

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Footnotes

  • First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
  • 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 Wes