Welakwe Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Welakwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 49 | 1:423,859 | 35,946 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Welakwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Welakwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Welakwe is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Welakwe.
How Common Is The Last Name Welakwe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,746,821st most common surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Welakwe are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
Welakwe is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 423,859. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 67 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 20 percent reside and West Region, where 6 percent reside. Other than Cameroon this last name is found in one country. It is also found in England, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Welakwe
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