Welesson Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Welesson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Welesson (279) may also be a first name.
Welesson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Welesson Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Welesson is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Welesson? popularity and diffusion
The surname Welesson is the 6,063,924th most widespread family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. Welesson occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Welesson live; 90 percent live in Central Africa and 90 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 531,524th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 279 people.
Welesson is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 2,307,674. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: East Region, where 100 percent are found. Besides Cameroon it is found in one country. It is also common in Brazil, where 10 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
- 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 Welesson
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