Wekhe Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Wekhe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 38 | 1:4,661,652 | 124,734 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Wekhe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wekhe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wekhe is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wekhe.
How Common Is The Last Name Wekhe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,141,416th most commonly occurring family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. The surname Wekhe is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Wekhe live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 4,661,652. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Rivers, where 92 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Wekhe
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