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
Wekaya is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wekaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,710,039th most widespread family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 63,925,841 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wekaya are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Wekaya is also the 1,125,792nd most frequently used forename throughout the world, borne by 74 people.
The surname Wekaya is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 113 people, or 1 in 408,672. In Kenya Wekaya is most frequent in: Kakamega County, where 97 percent live, Bungoma County, where 1 percent live and Mombasa County, where 1 percent live. Excluding Kenya this surname occurs 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 chiefly 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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