Weta
surname · Latin script
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 4 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
/weta/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Weta is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Poland than in any other country.
- PLPoland1 in 1.5M(measured from records)
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Poland (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 19 (measured from records)
- 1 in 1.5M (inferred from the name graph)
25 people, 2026
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: reference-verified
Poland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Weta counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | 25 | 1 in 1.5M | 16 | — | — |
| FR France | — | — | — | Weta | 19 |
| BE Belgium | — | — | — | Weta | 1 |
| US United States | — | — | 5 | — | 1 |
| PG Papua New Guinea | — | — | 1 | — | — |
25 people counted by dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames), 2026. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present); PNG Election Results Database — candidate names (1972–2022). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Weta is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Any of about 70 insect species in the families Anostostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand, resembling katydids or crickets.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In reb, sister (man speaking); refined term used by a man toward a woman (sweetheart or wife)
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In mqy, sister (man speaking); also used by a man for his wife
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In wlo, half, part, side; to split, cleave
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In txb, a battle, struggle
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Māori, filth; excrement
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)7 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 16 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 16 | #104,219 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 9 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 9 | #148,569 |
| PG Papua New Guinea | PNG Election Results Database — candidate names (1972–2022) | — | 1 | #35 |
Reference works 2
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Weta?
- A machine transcription gives /weta/ (IPA) for Swahili.
- In which country does Weta have the most bearers?
- In Poland, the national register counted about 25 people named Weta, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Weta most common?
- Weta is densest in Poland, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.5 million people carrying it.
- How common is the name Weta?
- In Poland, the national register counted 25 people named Weta in 2026, about 1 in 1.5 million residents.
What do you want to know about Weta?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/wetaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Weta”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.