Welaji Surname
Approximately 77 people bear this surname
Welaji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 75 | 1:276,921 | 26,437 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Welaji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Welaji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Welaji (Marathi: वेलाजी) is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Welaji? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,152,526th most prevalent last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 94,643,453 people. Welaji occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Welaji reside; 97 percent reside in Central Africa and 97 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 75 people, or 1 in 276,921. In Cameroon it is most common in: Littoral Region, where 48 percent reside, Centre Region, where 32 percent reside and West Region, where 16 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Welaji Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Welaji in the Marathi language | ||
| वेलाजी | velaji | - |
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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 Welaji
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