Welela Surname
Approximately 15,673 people bear this surname
Welela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 15,615 | 1:6,247 | 985 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Lesotho | 10 | 1:203,256 | 14,332 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Welela (1,429) may also be a first name.
Welela Demographics
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Welela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Welela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Welela is held by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Welela? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 33,873rd most widely held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 464,975 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Welela reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Welela is also the 206,443rd most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 1,429 people.
It is most frequently held in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 15,615 people, or 1 in 6,247. Excluding Ethiopia this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found and Lesotho, where 0 percent are found.
Welela Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Welela are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered with the party.
Welela earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 8.35% more than the national average, earning $46,750 USD per year.
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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 Welela
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