Welama Surname
Approximately 154 people bear this surname
Welama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 148 | 1:16,280 | 2,934 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Welama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Welama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Welama (Oriya: େୱଲାମା) occurs most in Namibia. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Welama? popularity and diffusion
The last name Welama is the 1,409,418th most numerous last name on earth, held by around 1 in 47,321,727 people. Welama is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Welama reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
Welama is most widely held in Namibia, where it is carried by 148 people, or 1 in 16,280. In Namibia Welama is primarily concentrated in: Ohangwena Region, where 70 percent are found, Oshikoto Region, where 25 percent are found and Hardap Region, where 3 percent are found. Not including Namibia this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 2 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Welama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Welama in the Oriya language | ||
| େୱଲାମା | ewalama | - |
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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 Welama
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