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 be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Welemba? popularity and diffusion
The last name Welemba is the 950,707th most commonly held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 26,500,167 people. The last name Welemba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Welemba are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 97 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently used given name internationally, held by 10 people.
The surname Welemba is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 271 people, or 1 in 170,406. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Bungoma County, where 57 percent live, Kakamega County, where 41 percent live and Elgeyo Marakwet County, where 1 percent live. Outside of Kenya this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.
Welemba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally 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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