Wefunya Surname
Approximately 105 people bear this surname
Wefunya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 95 | 1:410,940 | 25,444 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
Wefunya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wefunya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wefunya is most common in Uganda. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wefunya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,795,579th most commonly occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 69,405,199 people. Wefunya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wefunya live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 84 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is borne by 95 people, or 1 in 410,940. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Manafwa District, where 93 percent live, Bugiri District, where 6 percent live and Bulambuli District, where 1 percent live. Beside Uganda this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Befunya | 86 | 6 | / |
| Wafunya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Beifunya | 80 | 20 | / |
| Wefuan | 77 | 58 | / |
| Wafuna | 77 | 14 | / |
| Wefena | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wefany | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wefn | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wafuana | 71 | 160 | / |
| Wafenya | 71 | 131 | / |
| Bifunya | 71 | 85 | / |
| Wehfany | 71 | 16 | / |
| Weufany | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wafinya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wafunja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Weufuan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wavunya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wefouan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Weyfoun | 71 | 0 | / |
| Wafun | 67 | 30 | / |
| Baifunya | 67 | 13 | / |
| Wefon | 67 | 13 | / |
| Wefan | 67 | 12 | / |
| Wafna | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wefin | 67 | 2 | / |
| Waffenya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wefnn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wavuunya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wafinia | 57 | 1 | / |
| Boifunia | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Wefunya
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis