Weche Surname
Approximately 1,125 people bear this surname
Weche Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 798 | 1:57,870 | 5,721 |
| Haiti | 100 | 1:106,839 | 5,069 |
| Nigeria | 92 | 1:1,925,465 | 68,462 |
| United States | 53 | 1:6,838,848 | 318,712 |
| Uganda | 22 | 1:1,774,513 | 60,490 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Canada | 19 | 1:1,939,242 | 123,675 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
The alternate forms: Wèche (1) are calculated separately.
Weche (148) may also be a first name.
Weche Demographics
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Weche Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weche Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Weche is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Wèche. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Weche? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 329,447th most frequent surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,477,819 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Weche are found; 73 percent are found in East Africa and 71 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Weche is also the 757,758th most frequently occurring given name internationally. It is borne by 148 people.
This last name is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 798 people, or 1 in 57,870. In Kenya it is most common in: Kakamega County, where 61 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 35 percent are found and Bungoma County, where 1 percent are found. Other than Kenya this last name is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in Haiti, where 9 percent are found and Nigeria, where 8 percent are found.
Weche Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Christian (94%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Weche last name are 32.48% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 85.71% registered with the party.
The amount Weche earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 73.39% more than the national average, earning $74,816 USD per year and in Canada they earn 34.55% less than the national average, earning $32,519 CAD 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 Weche
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