Wece Surname
Approximately 368 people bear this surname
Wece Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 268 | 1:145,669 | 13,018 |
| South Africa | 56 | 1:967,459 | 60,627 |
| United States | 36 | 1:10,068,304 | 413,125 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Wece (11) may also be a first name.
Wece Demographics
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Wece Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wece Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wece is most common in Uganda. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wece? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wece is the 772,238th most commonly used family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 19,803,114 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Wece reside; 73 percent reside in East Africa and 72 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Wece is also the 3,487,849th most prevalent first name at a global level, held by 11 people.
The last name Wece is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is carried by 268 people, or 1 in 145,669. In Uganda Wece is primarily found in: Amolatar District, where 38 percent reside, Dokolo District, where 28 percent reside and Oyam District, where 23 percent reside. Other than Uganda Wece exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 15 percent reside and The United States, where 10 percent reside.
Wece Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wece has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wece surname increased 3,600 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wece Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wece last name are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 75% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Wece earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 56.08% less than the national average, earning R 104,376 per year and in United States they earn 27.55% less than the national average, earning $31,263 USD per year.
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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 Wece
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