Wekhomba Surname
Approximately 283 people bear this surname
Wekhomba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 231 | 1:199,913 | 14,593 |
| Uganda | 52 | 1:750,755 | 36,601 |
Wekhomba (14) may also be a first name.
Wekhomba Demographics
Wekhomba Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wekhomba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wekhomba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wekhomba is found most frequently in Kenya. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wekhomba? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 930,678th most common last name internationally, held by around 1 in 25,751,046 people. The surname Wekhomba is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wekhomba live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 60 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Wekhomba is also the 3,024,661st most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 14 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 231 people, or 1 in 199,913. In Kenya it is most common in: Bungoma County, where 67 percent are found, Uasin Gishu County, where 27 percent are found and Trans Nzoia County, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Kenya this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 18 percent are found.
Wekhomba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wekomba | 93 | 794 | / |
| Wekhamba | 88 | 1 | / |
| Waikhomba | 82 | 1 | / |
| Wakomba | 80 | 93 | / |
| Wokomba | 80 | 7 | / |
| Wekumba | 80 | 4 | / |
| Wekombe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wekhambe | 75 | 6 | / |
| Bekoumba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wakoumba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wakhemba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wakhamba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Waikomba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Waikhombi | 71 | 3 | / |
| Wakahamba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wakamba | 67 | 756 | / |
| Bekamba | 67 | 125 | / |
| Wakemba | 67 | 103 | / |
| Wakombo | 67 | 88 | / |
| Wikumba | 67 | 27 | / |
| Wokemba | 67 | 25 | / |
| Vekombe | 67 | 7 | / |
| Wekambe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Becomba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bekombi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wokombo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vakomba | 67 | 1 | / |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Wekhomba
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis