Wekhwela Surname
Approximately 160 people bear this surname
Wekhwela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 154 | 1:299,869 | 19,047 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
Wekhwela Demographics
Wekhwela Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wekhwela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wekhwela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wekhwela is most common in Kenya. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wekhwela? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wekhwela is the 1,374,607th most widespread last name on earth, held by around 1 in 45,547,162 people. Wekhwela occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wekhwela live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 154 people, or 1 in 299,869. In Kenya Wekhwela is most frequent in: Bungoma County, where 92 percent reside, Kakamega County, where 6 percent reside and Kajiado County, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Kenya this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 4 percent reside.
Wekhwela Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Wekhwela
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