Wekura Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
Wekura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 65 | 1:710,460 | 30,267 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Wekura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wekura Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wekura is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wekura? popularity and diffusion
Wekura is the 2,352,516th most widely held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wekura are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 97 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 65 people, or 1 in 710,460. In Kenya Wekura is most prevalent in: Bungoma County, where 98 percent are found and West Pokot County, where 2 percent are found. Other than Kenya Wekura is found in one country. It is also common in Ghana, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wiekura | 92 | 1 | / |
| Weikoura | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wakura | 83 | 154 | / |
| Wokura | 83 | 63 | / |
| Uekura | 83 | 26 | / |
| Wekira | 83 | 11 | / |
| Wekuri | 83 | 6 | / |
| Wekora | 83 | 5 | / |
| Wekure | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wakaura | 77 | 138 | / |
| Wakhura | 77 | 122 | / |
| Wikoura | 77 | 31 | / |
| Wekiera | 77 | 28 | / |
| Wokurai | 77 | 7 | / |
| Wakkura | 77 | 6 | / |
| Beikura | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wakurai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Waikura | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wiekira | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wekouri | 77 | 1 | / |
| Waikoura | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wakhurah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bekouray | 71 | 1 | / |
| Beykoura | 71 | 1 | / |
| Beikoura | 71 | 1 | / |
| Uekuri | 67 | 388 | / |
| Wikira | 67 | 193 | / |
| Wakira | 67 | 75 | / |
| Vekuri | 67 | 26 | / |
| Wikora | 67 | 15 | / |
| Becura | 67 | 14 | / |
| Wakuro | 67 | 10 | / |
| Vakura | 67 | 5 | / |
| Uekuro | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wecuri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wokuro | 67 | 1 | / |
| Becgkoura | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wekiro | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wekoro | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wekura
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis