Wekei Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Wekei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
Wekei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wekei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wekei is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of Wekei click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wekei? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wekei is the 4,206,983rd most frequent family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name Wekei occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 100 percent of Wekei are found; 100 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 100 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
The last name Wekei is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 429,143. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: West Sepik, where 89 percent live, East Sepik, where 5 percent live and Western Highlands, where 5 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea Wekei exists in one country. It is also common in Indonesia, where 14 percent live.
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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 Wekei
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