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 most in Tanzania. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wega? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wega is the 182,810th most frequently held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 3,135,777 people. The last name Wega occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Wega are found; 52 percent are found in East Africa and 52 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Wega is also the 75,857th most commonly occurring given name world-wide, held by 7,251 people.
It is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,163 people, or 1 in 45,522. In Tanzania Wega is most numerous in: Songwe Region, where 66 percent are found, Mbeya Region, where 33 percent are found and Tabora Region, where 0 percent are found. Other than Tanzania this surname is found in 46 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.
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 grew 1,006 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wega Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Wega last name 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
- 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 Wega
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