Wecha Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Wecha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 44 | 1:350,869 | 33,247 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Wecha (32) may also be a first name.
Wecha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wecha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wecha has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wecha? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,555,468th most frequently used family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. The last name Wecha is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Wecha are found; 77 percent are found in Southern Africa and 77 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Wecha is also the 1,840,253rd most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 32 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 44 people, or 1 in 350,869. In Zimbabwe Wecha is most numerous in: Mashonaland West Province, where 50 percent live, Mashonaland East Province, where 27 percent live and Mashonaland Central Province, where 23 percent live. Barring Zimbabwe Wecha occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 12 percent live and Thailand, where 4 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 Wecha
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