Welayi Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Welayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 41 | 1:952,178 | 42,125 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
Welayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Welayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Welayi is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Welayi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Welayi is the 2,944,094th most commonly occurring last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Welayi are found; 93 percent are found in East Africa and 86 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is held by 41 people, or 1 in 952,178. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Sironko District, where 93 percent live, Mbale District, where 5 percent live and Manafwa District, where 2 percent live. Aside from Uganda this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 5 percent live and Finland, where 2 percent live.
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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 Welayi
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