Family name 威斯 (Vines 
, Wiese 
, 威斯 
) , around the globe, is a common cognomen. The family name 威斯 is characteristic of Namibia, where it is quite a common surname, Germany, and Denmark, where it is quite a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Germany, the United States, and South Africa. Very seldom, 威斯 is the forename as well as the last name.