Wekum Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Wekum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
Wekum (12) may also be a first name.
Wekum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wekum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wekum occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wekum? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wekum is the 4,034,050th most commonly held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 100 percent of Wekum reside; 100 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 100 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Wekum is also the 3,306,491st most prevalent first name in the world It is held by 12 people.
The last name Wekum is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 452,984. In Papua New Guinea Wekum is most common in: Western, where 94 percent live and Madang, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea it occurs in one country. It is also found in Indonesia, where 25 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weikum | 91 | 658 | / |
| Wejkum | 91 | 8 | / |
| Weekum | 91 | 1 | / |
| Wegkum | 91 | 1 | / |
| Wekume | 91 | 1 | / |
| Weykum | 91 | 0 | / |
| Weickum | 83 | 292 | / |
| Weitkum | 83 | 27 | / |
| Wettkum | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wakum | 80 | 1,810 | / |
| Wikum | 80 | 428 | / |
| Wokum | 80 | 24 | / |
| Wekom | 80 | 2 | / |
| Vekum | 80 | 2 | / |
| Weekuume | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wickum | 73 | 450 | / |
| Veykum | 73 | 155 | / |
| Wokkum | 73 | 90 | / |
| Witkum | 73 | 45 | / |
| Vaekum | 73 | 39 | / |
| Vekoum | 73 | 27 | / |
| Wakhum | 73 | 24 | / |
| Waikum | 73 | 19 | / |
| Wokoum | 73 | 15 | / |
| Weikom | 73 | 13 | / |
| Veikum | 73 | 7 | / |
| Weicum | 73 | 2 | / |
| Behkum | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wogkum | 73 | 2 | / |
| Veekum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wiskum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Widkum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bekhum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wackum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Begkum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Whickum | 67 | 40 | / |
| Beekhum | 67 | 3 | / |
| Veikoum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Veekhum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wakhoum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bekhoum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beckkum | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wickhum | 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
- 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 Wekum
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