Weleme Surname
Approximately 754 people bear this surname
Weleme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 707 | 1:29,376 | 3,961 |
| Nigeria | 46 | 1:3,850,930 | 110,272 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Weleme (79) may also be a first name.
Weleme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weleme Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Weleme is most common in Cameroon. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Weleme? popularity and diffusion
Weleme is the 450,743rd most frequent surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 9,665,180 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Weleme reside; 82 percent reside in West Africa and 69 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Weleme is also the 1,083,225th most common first name worldwide It is held by 79 people.
The last name is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is borne by 707 people, or 1 in 29,376. In Cameroon Weleme is most common in: Far North Region, where 78 percent are found, Centre Region, where 11 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 5 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 6 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Weleme
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