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 is most common in Liberia. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wekie? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wekie is the 8,968,613th most widely held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Wekie live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Wekie is also the 2,608,198th most numerous first name internationally It is held by 18 people.
This last name is most numerous in Liberia, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 2,204,268. In Liberia Wekie is primarily found in: Bomi County, where 50 percent reside and Gbarpolu County, where 50 percent reside. Excluding 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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