Wekede Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Wekede Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 55 | 1:3,220,777 | 97,902 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
Wekede Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wekede Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wekede is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wekede? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,555,468th most frequently occurring family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. The surname Wekede is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Wekede are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Wekede is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 55 people, or 1 in 3,220,777. In Nigeria Wekede is mostly concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 87 percent reside, Akwa Ibom, where 11 percent reside and Rivers, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Brazil, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wekeide | 92 | 1 | / |
| Wekedey | 92 | 1 | / |
| Wekide | 83 | 12 | / |
| Wakede | 83 | 4 | / |
| Wekedi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Uekede | 83 | 1 | / |
| Vekede | 83 | 1 | / |
| Waikede | 77 | 147 | / |
| Waekade | 77 | 104 | / |
| Wikhede | 77 | 22 | / |
| Wickede | 77 | 11 | / |
| Wakhede | 77 | 9 | / |
| Wekidde | 77 | 2 | / |
| Woekade | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vekhede | 77 | 1 | / |
| Weakade | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wakedey | 77 | 1 | / |
| Veskede | 77 | 1 | / |
| Woekhade | 71 | 18 | / |
| Waekhade | 71 | 9 | / |
| Wahkhede | 71 | 2 | / |
| Waikedde | 71 | 2 | / |
| Waekadea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Weakadea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wakode | 67 | 2,974 | / |
| Wakade | 67 | 1,663 | / |
| Wakide | 67 | 63 | / |
| Vakede | 67 | 41 | / |
| Wokedi | 67 | 24 | / |
| Wikeda | 67 | 17 | / |
| Wokode | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wakedi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bikede | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vekade | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wokade | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bekedj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wokide | 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
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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 Wekede
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