Wecho Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Wecho Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wecho (14) may also be a first name.
Wecho Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wecho Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wecho is carried by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wecho? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,723,624th most prevalent surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. Wecho is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Wecho reside; 75 percent reside in East Africa and 63 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 14 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 24,386,566. Without taking into account Ethiopia this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Eritrea, where 13 percent reside and Nigeria, where 13 percent reside.
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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 Wecho
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