Weka Surname
Approximately 6,477 people bear this surname
Weka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 4,454 | 1:20,641 | 2,382 |
| DR Congo | 930 | 1:79,440 | 9,181 |
| Indonesia | 691 | 1:191,388 | 18,277 |
| Papua New Guinea | 166 | 1:49,119 | 6,132 |
| Nigeria | 74 | 1:2,393,821 | 79,921 |
| Poland | 29 | 1:1,310,647 | 81,985 |
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
| Uganda | 21 | 1:1,859,013 | 62,128 |
| Spain | 14 | 1:3,339,431 | 67,428 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 1:503,147 | 33,029 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Weka (1,372) may also be a first name.
Weka Demographics
Average Weka Salary in
Norway
226,349 kr
Per year
Average Salary in
Norway
346,080 kr
Per year
Weka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Weka (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻭﺍﻙ, Oriya: େୱକା) is carried by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Weka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 75,750th most frequently occurring family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,125,142 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Weka are found; 69 percent are found in North Africa and 69 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 211,452nd most widely held first name in the world It is held by 1,372 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Egypt, where it is carried by 4,454 people, or 1 in 20,641. Without taking into account Egypt this last name exists in 34 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 14 percent reside and Indonesia, where 11 percent reside.
Weka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Weka has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Weka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Weka last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Weka earn significantly less than the average income. In Norway they earn 34.6% less than the national average, earning 226,349 kr per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Weka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Weka in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻭﺍﻙ | awak | - |
| Weka in the Oriya language | ||
| େୱକା | ewaka | 50 |
| କାନା | kana | 50 |
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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
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- 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 Weka
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