Welelaw Surname

228,573rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,773 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Welelaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Welelaw 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
Ethiopia1,7711:55,0805,737
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212

Welelaw (925) may also be a first name.

Welelaw Last Name Facts

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

The last name Welelaw is carried by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Welelaw? popularity and diffusion

Welelaw is the 228,573rd most commonly occurring surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 4,110,291 people. The last name Welelaw is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Welelaw live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 266,220th most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 925 people.

Welelaw is most prevalent in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 1,771 people, or 1 in 55,080. Without taking into account Ethiopia it exists in one country. It also occurs in Sweden, where 0 percent are found.

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
Wolelaw862,254/
Whilelaw801/
Wololaw711/
Weililow670/
Walalow57245/
Velelov572/
Belelov571/
Veleulov538/
Wilhelow530/
Whilelouf500/

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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 Welelaw
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