Welede Surname
Approximately 2,141 people bear this surname
Welede Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 2,093 | 1:46,606 | 5,024 |
| Niger | 45 | 1:426,489 | 11,711 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Welede (10,826) may also be a first name.
Welede Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Welede Come From? nationality or country of origin
Welede is more frequently found in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Welede click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Welede? popularity and diffusion
Welede is the 195,889th most commonly held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 3,403,805 people. The last name Welede occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Welede are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 58,119th most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 10,826 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Ethiopia, where it is held by 2,093 people, or 1 in 46,606. Beside Ethiopia it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 2 percent reside and Chad, where 0 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 Welede
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