Wekese Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Wekese Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Wekese Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wekese Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wekese occurs most in Kenya. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wekese? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wekese reside; 80 percent reside in East Africa and 80 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Wekese is most common in Kenya, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 23,089,950. In Kenya Wekese is most numerous in: Bungoma County, where 50 percent reside and Kakamega County, where 50 percent reside. Barring Kenya Wekese is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 40 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 20 percent reside.
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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 Wekese
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