Weke Surname
Approximately 3,660 people bear this surname
Weke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,360 | 1:7,600 | 1,039 |
| Nigeria | 789 | 1:224,516 | 13,211 |
| Kenya | 492 | 1:93,862 | 8,380 |
| DR Congo | 438 | 1:168,675 | 17,317 |
| Indonesia | 326 | 1:405,672 | 34,327 |
| Papua New Guinea | 78 | 1:104,535 | 14,121 |
| Uganda | 47 | 1:830,623 | 38,869 |
| Germany | 44 | 1:1,829,670 | 103,431 |
| United States | 19 | 1:19,076,786 | 604,894 |
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
| New Zealand | 13 | 1:348,333 | 27,379 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 68 | 1:738,510 | 47,095 |
Weke (354) may also be a first name.
Weke Demographics
Average Weke Salary in
United States
$34,681 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Weke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Weke occurs most in Benin. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Weke click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Weke? popularity and diffusion
The surname Weke is the 124,538th most common family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,991,133 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Weke reside; 59 percent reside in West Africa and 59 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 463,079th most numerous given name globally, borne by 354 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Benin, where it is carried by 1,360 people, or 1 in 7,600. In Benin Weke is most common in: Zou Department, where 50 percent reside, Kouffo Department, where 23 percent reside and Collines Department, where 11 percent reside. Not including Benin Weke exists in 25 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 22 percent reside and Kenya, where 13 percent reside.
Weke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Weke has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 72 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Weke Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Weke earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 19.63% less than the national average, earning $34,681 USD per year.
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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 Weke
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