Wekha Surname
Approximately 296 people bear this surname
Wekha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 189 | 1:206,557 | 16,372 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Wekha (22) may also be a first name.
Wekha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wekha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wekha occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wekha? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wekha is the 902,012th most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,620,088 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wekha live; 67 percent live in East Africa and 57 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most common forename throughout the world, borne by 22 people.
This last name is most common in Uganda, where it is borne by 189 people, or 1 in 206,557. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Manafwa District, where 84 percent live, Mbale District, where 6 percent live and Kayunga District, where 5 percent live. Excluding Uganda it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 32 percent live and Kenya, where 3 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 Wekha
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