Wegbo Surname

1,098,270th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 223 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Benin

Wegbo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wegbo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1211:1,463,99056,236
Benin971:106,55311,978
Congo41:1,247,27420,238
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Wegbo (39) may also be a first name.

Wegbo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wegbo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Wegbo is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wegbo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wegbo is the 1,098,270th most widely held surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 32,679,578 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wegbo reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,637,361st most frequent forename internationally, borne by 39 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 121 people, or 1 in 1,463,990. In Nigeria Wegbo is primarily concentrated in: Rivers, where 93 percent live, Abia, where 5 percent live and Bayelsa, where 1 percent live. Beside Nigeria Wegbo occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 43 percent live and The Congo, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whegbo9113/
Woegbo913/
Weegbo911/
Weagbo911/
Whengbo8318/
Wheagbo8310/
Weegbuo831/
Wogbo80354/
Wegba8062/
Wagbo8037/
Begbo805/
Wägbo804/
Wigbo802/
Uegbo801/
Weagba73384/
Waghbo7355/
Waagbo7325/
Vwegba7316/
Wagbou7311/
Veghbo739/
Wegbah738/
Weegba734/
Weigba734/
Ouegbo732/
Wehgba732/
Wagboh732/
Beagbo731/
Woigbo731/
Weghba731/
Wegbeu731/
Uhegbo731/
Wogbho731/
Beygbo731/
Wihgbo731/
Wheagba6786/
Wigbout6767/
Houegbo6754/
Behegbo6711/
Wehgbah675/
Whegbah675/
Weahgba672/
Weugbeu671/
Weagbaa671/
Woegbah671/
Wiegbah671/

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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 Wegbo
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