Wei is used as a family name or surname in Taiwan. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Wei
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Taiwan
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Wei

How popular is Wei?

Wei is common in Taiwan.

Wei is ranked 28 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Weis grew by 58.65496 per cent to 9578 since 2000 and ranked 3707 after elevating 1603 spots. The last name was found in around 32 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 94.46 93.27
White 2.89 3.69
Others 1.8 2.07
Hispanic or Latino 0.44 0.5
Black 0.42 0
Wei is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in China which signifies that it is originated from China. Around 10759712 people have been found who wears Wei as their family name. Wei is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
101,066 Zimbabwe5
103,755 Czech Republic5
8,689 Pakistan4
4,997 Bangladesh4
2,966 Benin4
11,802 Egypt4
10,762 Hungary3
4,915 Panama3
4,138 Bahrain3
4,899 Ivory Coast3
32,695 Nigeria3
20,541 Peru3
3,008 Ethiopia3
4,529 Mauritius3
8,296 Sri Lanka3
8,926 Cameroon3
332 Chad2
4,689 Maldives2
261 Vanuatu2
9,272 Ecuador2
257 East Timor2
44,018 Poland2
37,372 Georgia2
1,328 Congo2
237 Central African Republic2
1,421 Gabon2
17,692 Armenia2
3,871 Paraguay2
1,347 Liberia2
4,781 Malawi2
1,389 Barbados2
175 Åland2
900 Laos2
23,858 Iran2
20,186 Kenya2
3,437 Sudan2
21,929 Algeria2
14,644 Tunisia1
14,618 Guyana1
7,847 Albania1
8,181 Botswana1
1,879 Belize1
13,606 Senegal1
38,063 Mauritania1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
14,373 Jordan1
8,859 Iraq1
12,270 Lebanon1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
2,078 Lesotho1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
16,283 Lithuania1
2,935 Madagascar1
24,421 Slovakia1
2,578 Guam1
3,243 Suriname1
7,790 Zambia1
880 Djibouti1
7,191 Afghanistan1
664 Equatorial Guinea1
356 Eritrea1
11,486 Estonia1
11,831 Tajikistan1
2,040 Mali1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,906 Israel47
56,036 Kazakhstan38
9,524 Portugal37
18,843 Chile36
1,985 Luxembourg33
228 American Samoa30
4,169 Cyprus26
43,019 Belarus25
3,071 Costa Rica22
7,235 Trinidad and Tobago12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
13,010 Venezuela100
9,526 Croatia78
5,314 Kuwait70
12,039 Colombia70
68,685 Ukraine68
51,036 Tanzania61
232,741 India55
Countries with hundreds of Wei:
6,860 Spain602
5,888 Netherlands465
187 Macau429
2,346 Sweden428
7,889 Saudi Arabia423
23,873 Italy414
6,557 Ghana399
27,309 Indonesia390
16,034 South Africa384
3,294 Switzerland351
2,253 New Zealand336
50,092 Russia282
3,754 United Arab Emirates268
384 Thailand258
2,700 Scotland249
7,469 Belgium245
23,599 Argentina224
3,641 Finland217
17,404 Mexico209
3,434 Bolivia195
27,627 Turkey175
262 Brunei159
3,815 Denmark157
5,791 Norway131
15,938 Greece123
3,358 Wales113
2,299 Qatar107
3,646 Ireland104
Countries with thousands of Wei:
136 Hong Kong5,362
679 Vietnam3,975
1,361 Canada3,766
282 South Korea3,418
1,161 Australia2,728
2,788 France2,706
2,985 England2,570
852 Cambodia2,150
7,469 Philippines1,933
451 Austria1,598
12,550 Brazil1,081
Countries with ten thousands of Wei:
86 Malaysia48,616
638 Japan27,189
214 Germany24,275
3,139 United States12,849
323 Myanmar10,608
65 Singapore10,326
Countries with hundred thousands of Wei:
39 Taiwan120,466
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Wei Namesakes

    Zhao Wei, Chinese actress, film director, producer and pop singer
  • Ben Weinman, Musician
  • Abbey Weinstein, Author
  • Randy Weiner, Playwright
  • Ed Weir, Football player
  • Scott Weintrob, Film director
  • Adam Weishaupt, Philosopher
  • Addy Weijers, Screenwriter
  • Virginia Weidler, Actress
  • William Alexander Weir, Lawyer
  • Virginia Weidler, Actress
  • Zhang Wei, from 2018 adventure and animation film Xiong chu mei zhi bian xing ji, who played N.
  • Zi-xin Wei played the main role of N in 2014 0 flick Night Mail.
  • In 2015, Queen Wei portrayed the role of Xuan Xuan in action, crime flick Kepong Gangster 2.
  • In 1938, Daoming Wei characterized the role of N in comedy flick Nu shao ye.
  • In 2013, He Wei played the role of N in history flick Zhou En Lai De Si Ge Zhou Ye.
  • In 1975 action, adventure flick, E tu, Lung Wei characterized N.
  • Jiang Wei, from 1947 action, drama movie Heilang Dadao, who portrayed N.
  • Lan Wei, from 2006 musical film A Melody Looking, who characterized the Janice.
  • Feng Wei, from 2017 thriller flick Death Scanner, who portrayed Professor.
  • Hai-Min Wei portrayed the vital role of N in 1980 comedy film Tu bao zi da tong guan.

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