Wehire Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Wehire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Wehire (8) may also be a first name.
Wehire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wehire Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wehire is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wehire? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 10,311,814th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wehire reside; 67 percent reside in East Africa and 67 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 4,213,784th most commonly held given name internationally It is held by 8 people.
The last name Wehire is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 19,519,640. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Mbarara District, where 50 percent are found. Besides Uganda this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 33 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wehere | 83 | 310 | / |
| Weaire | 83 | 171 | / |
| Wahire | 83 | 2 | / |
| Wehiri | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wiehrer | 77 | 22 | / |
| Ouehire | 77 | 8 | / |
| Behaire | 77 | 5 | / |
| Beheire | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wiehret | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wahuire | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wiere | 73 | 76 | / |
| Wiire | 73 | 46 | / |
| Weure | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wyere | 73 | 0 | / |
| Behairey | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vihire | 67 | 223 | / |
| Wierre | 67 | 210 | / |
| Hwyere | 67 | 142 | / |
| Wahiri | 67 | 134 | / |
| Wieira | 67 | 78 | / |
| Wiirre | 67 | 61 | / |
| Uehira | 67 | 52 | / |
| Vahire | 67 | 36 | / |
| Wieres | 67 | 33 | / |
| Beaire | 67 | 24 | / |
| Wierez | 67 | 22 | / |
| Uhiere | 67 | 21 | / |
| Bihire | 67 | 21 | / |
| Vieire | 67 | 18 | / |
| Wihiri | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wahere | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wihira | 67 | 2 | / |
| Waaere | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wheure | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weeere | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weaere | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wihere | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weurey | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Wehire
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