Wejinya Surname
Approximately 285 people bear this surname
Wejinya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 277 | 1:639,505 | 30,121 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
Wejinya (17) may also be a first name.
Wejinya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wejinya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wejinya occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wejinya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 926,175th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 25,570,337 people. Wejinya occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Wejinya reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wejinya is also the 2,694,839th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 17 people.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 277 people, or 1 in 639,505. In Nigeria Wejinya is most common in: Rivers, where 91 percent reside, Lagos, where 4 percent reside and Bayelsa, where 3 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wejienya | 93 | 1 | / |
| Wejinye | 86 | 6 | / |
| Wajinya | 86 | 2 | / |
| Beinya | 77 | 4 | / |
| Wainya | 77 | 4 | / |
| Wuenya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Weunya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wienya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wayenya | 71 | 26 | / |
| Waehnya | 71 | 16 | / |
| Bajinya | 71 | 12 | / |
| Bujinya | 71 | 6 | / |
| Wijanya | 71 | 4 | / |
| Bejinia | 71 | 2 | / |
| Wayinya | 71 | 2 | / |
| Wajonya | 71 | 2 | / |
| Weyenya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wainyae | 71 | 1 | / |
| Waienya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wehanya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wejanja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wawenya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wienjaya | 67 | 18 | / |
| Ouejanya | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wejinya
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