Welewa Surname
Approximately 82 people bear this surname
Welewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Welewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Welewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Welewa has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Welewa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Welewa is the 2,075,631st most common surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. The surname Welewa is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Welewa are found; 76 percent are found in Central Africa and 76 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 62 people, or 1 in 1,191,606. Other than The DR Congo it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 21 percent live and Austria, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weleway | 92 | 48 | / |
| Weleawa | 92 | 21 | / |
| Wielewa | 92 | 9 | / |
| Weulewa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Welehway | 86 | 6 | / |
| Walewa | 83 | 72 | / |
| Wylewa | 83 | 10 | / |
| Welawa | 83 | 3 | / |
| Weleva | 83 | 2 | / |
| Welewe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Weliwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wellehewa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Walehwa | 77 | 97 | / |
| Wielawa | 77 | 50 | / |
| Belewah | 77 | 26 | / |
| Welaway | 77 | 7 | / |
| Veleiwa | 77 | 6 | / |
| Waliewa | 77 | 5 | / |
| Weleeba | 77 | 3 | / |
| Welewos | 77 | 2 | / |
| Beilewa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Beleewa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Beleiwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Walaewa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Weleawi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Belhewa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wylewach | 71 | 11 | / |
| Belehewa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Veleva | 67 | 7,012 | / |
| Beleva | 67 | 2,202 | / |
| Veleba | 67 | 629 | / |
| Beleba | 67 | 41 | / |
| Wilawa | 67 | 39 | / |
| Woliwa | 67 | 34 | / |
| Walewo | 67 | 8 | / |
| Veliwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Welava | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weliwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Valewa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weleby | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wolewo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wiliwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Volewa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Welevi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Welheaver | 67 | 0 | / |
| Whitleway | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Welewa
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