Wechie Surname
Approximately 215 people bear this surname
Wechie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 195 | 1:908,424 | 39,344 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Wechie (16) may also be a first name.
Wechie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wechie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wechie is most common in Nigeria. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wechie? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,125,333rd most widely held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 33,895,562 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Wechie live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wechie is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly used forename worldwide. It is borne by 16 people.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 195 people, or 1 in 908,424. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Rivers, where 94 percent are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 3 percent are found and Kano, where 1 percent are found. Other than Nigeria Wechie occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 5 percent are found and The United States, where 3 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 Wechie
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