Wegene Surname
Approximately 4,831 people bear this surname
Wegene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 4,829 | 1:20,200 | 2,620 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Wegene (3,026) may also be a first name.
Wegene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wegene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wegene is most common in Ethiopia. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Wegene click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wegene? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wegene is the 98,154th most prevalent surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,508,496 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wegene live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 131,409th most widespread first name globally, borne by 3,026 people.
Wegene is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is held by 4,829 people, or 1 in 20,200. Beside Ethiopia Wegene occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent live.
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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 Wegene
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