Wellah Surname
Approximately 252 people bear this surname
Wellah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 205 | 1:258,252 | 20,734 |
| Liberia | 36 | 1:122,459 | 9,313 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Wellah (87) may also be a first name.
Wellah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wellah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wellah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻟﺢ) is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wellah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,009,375th most frequently held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 28,918,833 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Wellah live; 82 percent live in East Africa and 81 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Wellah is also the 1,024,927th most prevalent first name throughout the world It is held by 87 people.
The last name is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 205 people, or 1 in 258,252. In Tanzania Wellah is most frequent in: Ruvuma Region, where 41 percent are found, Tanga Region, where 29 percent are found and Njombe Region, where 26 percent are found. Besides Tanzania this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 14 percent are found and Malaysia, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wellah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wellah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﻟﺢ | wlh | - |
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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 Wellah
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