Welemba Surname
Approximately 275 people bear this surname
Welemba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 271 | 1:170,406 | 13,033 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Welemba (10) may also be a first name.
Welemba Demographics
Welemba Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Welemba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Welemba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Welemba occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Welemba? popularity and diffusion
It is the 950,707th most common family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,500,167 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Welemba reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Welemba is also the 3,684,242nd most widely held given name in the world. It is borne by 10 people.
It is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 271 people, or 1 in 170,406. In Kenya Welemba is mostly concentrated in: Bungoma County, where 57 percent reside, Kakamega County, where 41 percent reside and Elgeyo Marakwet County, where 1 percent reside. Beside Kenya this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.
Welemba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welembai | 93 | 1 | / |
| Wielemba | 93 | 1 | / |
| Wlemba | 92 | 1 | / |
| Walemba | 86 | 1,129 | / |
| Wolemba | 86 | 157 | / |
| Belemba | 86 | 89 | / |
| Welembi | 86 | 20 | / |
| Velemba | 86 | 9 | / |
| Welembe | 86 | 8 | / |
| Welembo | 86 | 2 | / |
| Uelemba | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wilemba | 86 | 1 | / |
| Welimba | 86 | 1 | / |
| Walembau | 80 | 4 | / |
| Weleambo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Weilembe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wellembo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Walmba | 77 | 44 | / |
| Vouelemba | 75 | 4 | / |
| Wilembe | 71 | 2,038 | / |
| Belembe | 71 | 1,491 | / |
| Bilemba | 71 | 681 | / |
| Velembo | 71 | 351 | / |
| Walamba | 71 | 223 | / |
| Belimba | 71 | 175 | / |
| Belembi | 71 | 137 | / |
| Walembo | 71 | 79 | / |
| Belembo | 71 | 49 | / |
| Walomba | 71 | 48 | / |
| Walimba | 71 | 35 | / |
| Wilimba | 71 | 25 | / |
| Wolimba | 71 | 9 | / |
| Wilamba | 71 | 5 | / |
| Velembi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Wilembo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Walmbai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wielęba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Valemba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wilomba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Velemva | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wolomba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bailemba | 67 | 194 | / |
| Waliamba | 67 | 171 | / |
| Walambau | 67 | 27 | / |
| Willimba | 67 | 6 | / |
| Walyamba | 67 | 6 | / |
| Wilemmbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wiliamba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Belembou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Valeumba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bilembea | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Welemba
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