Weleh Surname
Approximately 357 people bear this surname
Weleh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 251 | 1:17,564 | 1,794 |
| Nigeria | 48 | 1:3,690,474 | 107,175 |
| Cameroon | 45 | 1:461,535 | 38,189 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 20 | 1:2,510,934 | 119,518 |
Weleh (19) may also be a first name.
Weleh Demographics
Weleh Political Affiliation
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Weleh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weleh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Weleh (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻟﻴﻪ) occurs in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Weleh? popularity and diffusion
The surname Weleh is the 790,102nd most widely held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 20,413,294 people. The last name Weleh is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Weleh live; 84 percent live in West Africa and 70 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 19 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Liberia, where it is borne by 251 people, or 1 in 17,564. In Liberia Weleh is mostly concentrated in: Grand Kru County, where 35 percent live, Montserrado County, where 22 percent live and River Gee County, where 20 percent live. Other than Liberia this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 13 percent live and Cameroon, where 13 percent live.
Weleh Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Weleh has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Weleh last name contracted 45 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Weleh Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Weleh last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50% being registered to vote for the party.
Weleh earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 12.6% less than the national average, earning $37,714 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Weleh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Weleh in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﻟﻴﻪ | wlyh | - |
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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 Weleh
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