Wekos Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Wekos Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
Wekos Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wekos Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wekos is most common in Papua New Guinea. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wekos? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,543,123rd most common last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. Wekos occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 77 percent of Wekos reside; 77 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 77 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
This surname is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 339,738. In Papua New Guinea Wekos is mostly concentrated in: Morobe, where 83 percent reside and East Sepik, where 17 percent reside. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 23 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wekoshe | 83 | 8 | / |
| Wiekosz | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wakos | 80 | 202 | / |
| Vekos | 80 | 29 | / |
| Wikos | 80 | 8 | / |
| Wekas | 80 | 7 | / |
| Wokos | 80 | 4 | / |
| Wykos | 80 | 1 | / |
| Waykos | 73 | 195 | / |
| Witkos | 73 | 191 | / |
| Veikos | 73 | 100 | / |
| Veskos | 73 | 64 | / |
| Beikos | 73 | 64 | / |
| Wetkas | 73 | 63 | / |
| Bekkos | 73 | 58 | / |
| Vetkos | 73 | 56 | / |
| Begkos | 73 | 44 | / |
| Vekkos | 73 | 44 | / |
| Woykos | 73 | 43 | / |
| Beckos | 73 | 34 | / |
| Waikos | 73 | 29 | / |
| Vegkos | 73 | 9 | / |
| Wykoss | 73 | 7 | / |
| Wikosz | 73 | 3 | / |
| Weskus | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wekash | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bekosz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wokosz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wojkos | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wekush | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wejkus | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wickos | 73 | 1 | / |
| Weckus | 73 | 1 | / |
| Weikus | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vekoss | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wikoss | 73 | 0 | / |
| Weakhouse | 71 | 0 | / |
| Weikhouse | 71 | 0 | / |
| Bekkous | 67 | 244 | / |
| Weitkus | 67 | 51 | / |
| Weaskus | 67 | 17 | / |
| Bekouss | 67 | 15 | / |
| Beckous | 67 | 12 | / |
| Witkosz | 67 | 12 | / |
| Wyckoss | 67 | 9 | / |
| Wechkus | 67 | 8 | / |
| Wiejkus | 67 | 7 | / |
| Bekhous | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wescost | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wieckus | 67 | 2 | / |
| Weijkus | 67 | 2 | / |
| Weekash | 67 | 2 | / |
| Waykosh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wekoche | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bekosch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Woykoss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weidkus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wyckose | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waykose | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wickhos | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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- 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 Wekos
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