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
The surname Welama (Oriya: େୱଲାମା) is held by more people in Namibia than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Welama? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,409,418th most common surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 47,321,727 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Welama live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Welama is most frequently used in Namibia, where it is held by 148 people, or 1 in 16,280. In Namibia Welama is most frequent in: Ohangwena Region, where 70 percent reside, Oshikoto Region, where 25 percent reside and Hardap Region, where 3 percent reside. Barring Namibia Welama occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 2 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.
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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