Wega Surname
Approximately 2,324 people bear this surname
Wega Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,163 | 1:45,522 | 5,136 |
| Egypt | 580 | 1:158,510 | 12,069 |
| United States | 161 | 1:2,251,298 | 140,756 |
| Cameroon | 100 | 1:207,691 | 21,269 |
| Indonesia | 94 | 1:1,406,906 | 96,143 |
| Kenya | 42 | 1:1,099,521 | 34,871 |
| Zimbabwe | 30 | 1:514,608 | 41,883 |
| Canada | 25 | 1:1,473,824 | 101,190 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Russia | 15 | 1:9,608,204 | 322,587 |
| Israel | 10 | 1:855,763 | 54,181 |
| Burkina Faso | 10 | 1:1,835,210 | 14,348 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Panama | 3 | 1:1,304,086 | 13,647 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16 | 1:3,138,668 | 142,671 |
Wega (7,251) may also be a first name.
Wega Demographics
Wega Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wega Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wega Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wega occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wega? popularity and diffusion
It is the 182,810th most frequent surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,135,777 people. The last name Wega occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Wega reside; 52 percent reside in East Africa and 52 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Wega is also the 75,857th most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 7,251 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,163 people, or 1 in 45,522. In Tanzania Wega is most frequent in: Songwe Region, where 66 percent reside, Mbeya Region, where 33 percent reside and Tabora Region, where 0 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania Wega exists in 46 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 25 percent reside and The United States, where 7 percent reside.
Wega Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wega has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 1,006 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wega Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Wega last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Wega surname are 4.75% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 51.52% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Wega earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 19.61% more than the national average, earning $51,611 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.31% more than the national average, earning $49,838 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
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- 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 Wega
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