Wekwek Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United Arab Emirates
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Wekwek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wekwek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Wekwek Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wekwek Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Wekwek is found most in The United Arab Emirates. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wekwek.

How Common Is The Last Name Wekwek? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,391,485th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname Wekwek is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Wekwek reside; 85 percent reside in West Asia and 85 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula.

It is most widely held in The United Arab Emirates, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 832,934. Other than The United Arab Emirates it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 8 percent live and Malaysia, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wek Wek921/
Wekeck832/
Wekeke831/
Wekweyika801/
Weka Weka801/
Weckeck7727/
Wakweka771/
Wekekwa771/
Wekak7336/
Wekik7327/
Wekwc731/
Wakweika71387/
Wekeyeke711/
Wakwak67570/
Wekuke67158/
Wakeke67115/
Wakweyika6728/
Wokeke6716/
Wekłyk6711/
Wokwok676/
Wekoky674/
Wekoka673/
Woeckoeck672/
Weukak672/
Wekwagueu671/
Wekuko671/
Weikok671/
Wikeke671/
Wekoku671/
Wekiok671/
Wegweg671/
Uekweg671/
Wackwik621/
Wigweek621/
Beckwick5712/
Weingweig531/

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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 Wekwek
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