Weliya Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Weliya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 17 | 1:607,977 | 36,930 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Weliya (31) may also be a first name.
Weliya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weliya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Weliya occurs most in Benin. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Weliya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,228,735th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 59 percent of Weliya are found; 46 percent are found in West Africa and 46 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most commonly used given name globally It is held by 31 people.
This surname is most widely held in Benin, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 607,977. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Donga Department, where 100 percent live. Beside Benin Weliya is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 41 percent live and Ethiopia, where 11 percent live.
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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 Weliya
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