Welekwe Surname

722,496th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 403 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Welekwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Welekwe Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4011:441,75322,667
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830

Welekwe (19) may also be a first name.

Welekwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Welekwe is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Welekwe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Welekwe is the 722,496th most commonly held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,083,240 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Welekwe live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly held given name worldwide, borne by 19 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 401 people, or 1 in 441,753. In Nigeria Welekwe is primarily found in: Rivers, where 97 percent live, Lagos, where 1 percent live and Ogun, where 1 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wellekwe931/
Welekhwe931/
Welakwe8650/
Welekwa865/
Walekwe861/
Welegwe861/
Walakwe711/
Walokwe711/
Wilakwe711/
Hwelegwa671/
Uhelekwa671/
Wolokweh671/
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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 Welekwe
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