Wecheyi Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Wecheyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 17 | 1:2,296,428 | 70,019 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Wecheyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wecheyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wecheyi occurs most in Uganda. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Wecheyi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wecheyi? popularity and diffusion
Wecheyi is the 4,649,889th most widely held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wecheyi reside; 94 percent reside in East Africa and 89 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The last name is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 2,296,428. In Uganda Wecheyi is most common in: Manafwa District, where 94 percent are found and Bulambuli District, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account Uganda this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 6 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 Wecheyi
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