Weli Surname
Approximately 10,281 people bear this surname
Weli Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 4,901 | 1:2,745 | 273 |
| Ethiopia | 2,415 | 1:40,392 | 4,505 |
| Indonesia | 1,210 | 1:109,297 | 11,185 |
| Nigeria | 929 | 1:190,681 | 11,566 |
| DR Congo | 308 | 1:239,869 | 23,092 |
| Uganda | 97 | 1:402,467 | 25,105 |
| Papua New Guinea | 87 | 1:93,721 | 12,528 |
| Niger | 59 | 1:325,288 | 9,578 |
| Cameroon | 39 | 1:532,540 | 42,124 |
| United States | 28 | 1:12,944,962 | 483,512 |
| Sweden | 27 | 1:364,695 | 25,646 |
| Malaysia | 26 | 1:1,134,393 | 49,681 |
| England | 22 | 1:2,532,639 | 91,802 |
| Mauritania | 17 | 1:240,874 | 11,443 |
| Kenya | 14 | 1:3,298,564 | 38,706 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 1:19,849,321 | 72,658 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Tunisia | 5 | 1:122,125 | 16,050 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
Weli (15,892) may also be a first name.
Weli Demographics
Weli Political Affiliation
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Weli Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weli Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Weli (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻟﻲ, Oriya: େୱଳି) is found most frequently in Somalia. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Weli? popularity and diffusion
The surname Weli is the 49,983rd most frequently used family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 708,836 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Weli live; 72 percent live in East Africa and 48 percent live in Cushitic Africa. Weli is also the 44,622nd most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 15,892 people.
The surname Weli is most widespread in Somalia, where it is held by 4,901 people, or 1 in 2,745. Barring Somalia this surname is found in 55 countries. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 23 percent reside and Indonesia, where 12 percent reside.
Weli Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Weli last name are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 75% registered with the party.
The amount Weli earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 45.84% less than the national average, earning R 128,712 per year and in United States they earn 11.35% less than the national average, earning $38,250 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Weli Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Weli in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﻟﻲ | wly | 83.33 |
| ﻭﻟﻴﺔ | wlyt | 16.67 |
| Weli in the Oriya language | ||
| େୱଳି | ewali | 50 |
| େୱଲି | ewali | 50 |
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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 Weli
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