Welekhe Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Welekhe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Welekhe (10) may also be a first name.
Welekhe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Welekhe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Welekhe is found in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Welekhe.
How Common Is The Last Name Welekhe? popularity and diffusion
Welekhe is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Welekhe is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Welekhe live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 63 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Welekhe is also the 3,684,242nd most common first name in the world, borne by 10 people.
The surname Welekhe is most widely held in Uganda, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 5,577,040. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Mbale District, where 29 percent live, Kamwenge District, where 14 percent live and Kiryandongo District, where 14 percent live. Barring Uganda it is found in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 13 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 Welekhe
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