Wekra Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Wekra Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 16 | 1:255,929 | 11,901 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
Wekra Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wekra Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wekra (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻛﺮﻩ) is borne by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wekra? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wekra is the 3,882,373rd most commonly held last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 62 percent of Wekra are found; 62 percent are found in West Africa and 62 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
Wekra is most common in Mauritania, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 255,929. In Mauritania Wekra is primarily concentrated in: Guidimagha Region, where 75 percent are found, Assaba Region, where 19 percent are found and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 6 percent are found. Not including Mauritania this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 38 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wiekra | 91 | 1 | / |
| Weikera | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wekry | 80 | 87 | / |
| Wekre | 80 | 62 | / |
| Wikra | 80 | 21 | / |
| Wakra | 80 | 19 | / |
| Wekri | 80 | 18 | / |
| Wokra | 80 | 4 | / |
| Wekro | 80 | 1 | / |
| Weckry | 73 | 18 | / |
| Wakray | 73 | 5 | / |
| Wakrai | 73 | 4 | / |
| Wecray | 73 | 3 | / |
| Woikra | 73 | 2 | / |
| Bekkra | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wekkry | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wokraj | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vekhra | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wickra | 73 | 1 | / |
| Weckro | 73 | 1 | / |
| Waykra | 73 | 1 | / |
| Beekra | 73 | 1 | / |
| Waikera | 67 | 28 | / |
| Veškrňa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bekhraj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wecrach | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beakrah | 67 | 1 | / |
Wekra Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wekra in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﻛﺮﻩ | wkrh | 80 |
| ﻭﻛﺮﺍ | wkra | 20 |
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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 Wekra
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