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
Welee is carried by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Welee? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,772,636th most widely held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Welee reside; 82 percent reside in West Africa and 76 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Welee is also the 2,786,762nd most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 16 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Liberia, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 339,118. In Liberia Welee is most prevalent in: Montserrado County, where 62 percent reside, Gbarpolu County, where 8 percent reside and Grand Bassa County, where 8 percent reside. Besides Liberia this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in China, where 6 percent reside and Kenya, where 6 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 Welee
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