Webale Surname
Approximately 898 people bear this surname
Webale Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 619 | 1:74,604 | 6,976 |
| Uganda | 272 | 1:143,527 | 12,879 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Webale (72) may also be a first name.
Webale Demographics
Webale Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Webale Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Webale Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Webale occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Webale.
How Common Is The Last Name Webale? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 393,535th most frequently used surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 8,115,307 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Webale live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 86 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,143,416th most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 72 people.
The surname Webale is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is carried by 619 people, or 1 in 74,604. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Trans Nzoia County, where 31 percent reside, Bungoma County, where 31 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 20 percent reside. Other than Kenya this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 30 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 0 percent reside.
Webale Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Webale
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