Welee Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Welee Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 13 | 1:339,118 | 18,650 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Welee (16) may also be a first name.
Welee Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Welee Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Welee is held by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Welee? popularity and diffusion
The surname Welee is the 4,772,636th most frequent surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Welee are found; 82 percent are found in West Africa and 76 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. Welee is also the 2,786,762nd most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 16 people.
This surname is most widely held in Liberia, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 339,118. In Liberia Welee is mostly found in: Montserrado County, where 62 percent live, Gbarpolu County, where 8 percent live and Grand Bassa County, where 8 percent live. Besides Liberia this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in China, where 6 percent live and Kenya, where 6 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 Welee
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