Wekaya Surname
Approximately 114 people bear this surname
Wekaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 113 | 1:408,672 | 22,682 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wekaya (74) may also be a first name.
Wekaya Demographics
Wekaya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wekaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wekaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wekaya is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wekaya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,710,039th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 63,925,841 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wekaya live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Wekaya is also the 1,125,792nd most commonly held first name internationally It is held by 74 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 113 people, or 1 in 408,672. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Kakamega County, where 97 percent live, Bungoma County, where 1 percent live and Mombasa County, where 1 percent live. Besides Kenya it is found in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 1 percent live.
Wekaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Wekaya
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