Wekie Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Wekie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Wekie (18) may also be a first name.
Wekie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wekie Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wekie has its highest incidence in Liberia. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wekie? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wekie is the 8,968,613th most frequently used surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Wekie reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Wekie is also the 2,608,198th most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 18 people.
The last name is most widely held in Liberia, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 2,204,268. In Liberia it is mostly found in: Bomi County, where 50 percent reside and Gbarpolu County, where 50 percent reside. Besides Liberia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 25 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 25 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
- 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 Wekie
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