Welime Surname
Approximately 81 people bear this surname
Welime Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 65 | 1:710,460 | 30,267 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Welime (67) may also be a first name.
Welime Demographics
Welime Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Welime Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Welime Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Welime occurs most in Kenya. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Welime.
How Common Is The Last Name Welime? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,091,648th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 89,969,703 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Welime reside; 81 percent reside in East Africa and 78 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Welime is also the 1,191,548th most prevalent forename worldwide, borne by 67 people.
The surname Welime is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 65 people, or 1 in 710,460. In Kenya Welime is most frequent in: Trans Nzoia County, where 74 percent are found, Bungoma County, where 14 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 6 percent are found. Apart from Kenya this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 17 percent are found and Egypt, where 1 percent are found.
Welime Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Welime
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