Welei Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Welei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 49 | 1:166,402 | 23,077 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Welei (24) may also be a first name.
Welei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Welei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Welei occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Welei.
How Common Is The Last Name Welei? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,555,468th most frequently used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 86 percent of Welei live; 86 percent live in Oceania Islands and 86 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Welei is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 24 people.
Welei is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 49 people, or 1 in 166,402. In Papua New Guinea Welei is primarily concentrated in: West Sepik, where 73 percent live, Milne Bay, where 18 percent live and Southern Highlands, where 6 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 7 percent live and Cameroon, where 5 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 Welei
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