Welege Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Qatar
Highest density in:
Qatar

Welege Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Welege Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Welege Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Welege Come From? nationality or country of origin

Welege occurs in Qatar more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Welege? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,391,485th most commonly used surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 77 percent of Welege reside; 69 percent reside in West Asia and 69 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula.

This surname is most numerous in Qatar, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 262,000. Aside from Qatar Welege occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 8 percent live and Sri Lanka, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Welegue9283/
Wellege927/
Weleghe921/
Weleger921/
Weilege921/
Wehlege921/
Weleguer8616/
Welhenge862/
Wesledge860/
Belege832,278/
Welage83222/
Welese8355/
Walege8354/
Welega8351/
Weleze8325/
Velege833/
Welige832/
Wilege831/
Wylege831/
Welegi831/
Weleje831/
Wesleager803/
Whetledge800/
Wehlage77491/
Wielage77422/
Weilage77255/
Wellige77102/
Weelage775/
Wollege772/
Welesea771/
Willege771/
Weiloge771/
Wallege771/
Weleega771/
Weledje771/
Wailege771/
Wileger771/
Whelage770/
Veleger770/
Weylage770/
Woleage770/
Wileinge7154/
Wallegie7116/
Witledge711/
Wuelezer711/
Wehelige711/
Wileguer711/
Wolleage711/
Wolegheu711/
Weiliger710/
Whitlege710/
Wesliger710/
Weslidge710/
Willedge710/
Whitledge67813/
Beleze67203/
Uelese67124/
Welesi67117/
Velegi67110/
Velese6749/
Wyloge6740/
Wylega6739/
Belige6737/
Weliga6725/
Bilege6723/
Velige6721/
Velage6717/
Wolage6715/
Veleze6714/
Belegi6714/
Walage6712/
Walige679/
Wehellage677/
Wilegi676/
Volege675/
Welise674/
Valege673/
Whitlegge672/
Walegi672/
Vilege672/
Veleje672/
Weleji671/
Belegê671/
Weleza671/
Wädtleges671/
Velece671/
Wilese671/
Welezi671/
Welyce671/
Whilledge670/
Welesy670/
Wylece670/

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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 Welege
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