Welkeba Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Welkeba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Welkeba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia251:3,901,85010,182
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Welkeba (1,618) may also be a first name.

Welkeba Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Welkeba Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Welkeba is most common in Ethiopia. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Welkeba? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,730,171st most numerous surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Welkeba are found; 89 percent are found in East Africa and 89 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Welkeba is also the 192,010th most commonly occurring given name on earth, held by 1,618 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 3,901,850. Without taking into account Ethiopia this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent live and Sweden, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Welkebass881/
Wolkeba8647/
Welegba865/
Belkeba861/
Walukeba801/
Welegbay801/
Welgba77105/
Welkpe7726/
Wolkba771/
Woelegbay756/
Welekpe7168/
Walkeby7112/
Walokba716/
Walkuba713/
Wolkaba712/
Woelk-Webb711/
Welikpe711/
Welakpa711/
Welegbo711/
Walukoba6736/
Belkeeva6733/
Walukaba6712/
Walukuba676/
Woulkaba671/
Walikoba671/
Walgueba671/
Walukebo671/
Welghaba671/
Welekpah671/
Belkheeva6315/
Belqeibah631/
Vlkibai571/
Belkiva571/
Vilkeeva538/
Bilkeeva533/

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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 Welkeba
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