Velegda Surname

438,773rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 781 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Velegda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Velegda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso7751:23,6801,522
Ivory Coast61:3,845,20548,272

Velegda Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Velegda Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Velegda is carried by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Velegda? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 438,773rd most prevalent last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 9,331,045 people. Velegda is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Velegda are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Velegda is most numerous in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 775 people, or 1 in 23,680. In Burkina Faso Velegda is most prevalent in: Centre-Est Region, where 84 percent live, Centre Region, where 9 percent live and Sahel Region, where 4 percent live. Apart from Burkina Faso this surname exists in one country. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent live.

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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 Velegda
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