Wechale Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Wechale Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Wechale Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wechale Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wechale is most common in Kenya. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wechale.
How Common Is The Last Name Wechale? popularity and diffusion
Wechale is the 5,812,366th most widely held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wechale are found; 91 percent are found in East Africa and 82 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
It is most common in Kenya, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 5,131,100. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Kakamega County, where 100 percent are found. Beside Kenya it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 9 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 9 percent are found.
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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 Wechale
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