Wayele Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Wayele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Senegal | 7 | 1:2,082,763 | 4,662 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
Wayele (16) may also be a first name.
Wayele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wayele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wayele occurs most in Kenya. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wayele? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,432,070th most numerous last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. The surname Wayele occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Wayele are found; 30 percent are found in East Africa and 30 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 16 people.
The last name Wayele is most common in Kenya, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 4,617,990. In Kenya Wayele is mostly concentrated in: Bungoma County, where 90 percent live and Trans Nzoia County, where 10 percent live. Excluding Kenya this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Senegal, where 21 percent live and Cameroon, where 15 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Wayele
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