Welegue Surname

2,061,309th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 83 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Welegue Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Welegue Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso791:232,3054,710
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Welegue Last Name Facts

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

The surname Welegue has its highest incidence in Burkina Faso. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of Welegue click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Welegue? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,061,309th most frequently held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 87,801,758 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Welegue live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Mande Africa.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 79 people, or 1 in 232,305. In Burkina Faso it is primarily concentrated in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 99 percent are found and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Burkina Faso this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 4 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weleguer9316/
Welege9213/
Weleghe861/
Weleger861/
Weilege861/
Wehlege861/
Welhenge802/
Wileguer801/
Belege772,278/
Welega7751/
Velege773/
Welegi771/
Wylege771/
Wilege771/
Wesleager753/
Wileger711/
Wailege711/
Weleega711/
Veleger710/
Witleguest710/
Wileinge6754/
Whitlege670/

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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 Welegue
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