Wema Surname
Approximately 7,573 people bear this surname
Wema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 3,883 | 1:13,634 | 1,764 |
| DR Congo | 2,415 | 1:30,592 | 3,830 |
| Kenya | 633 | 1:72,954 | 6,861 |
| Papua New Guinea | 203 | 1:40,166 | 4,870 |
| Burkina Faso | 90 | 1:203,912 | 4,405 |
| Nigeria | 71 | 1:2,494,968 | 82,261 |
| New Caledonia | 62 | 1:4,455 | 817 |
| Zimbabwe | 57 | 1:270,846 | 28,330 |
| Uganda | 52 | 1:750,755 | 36,601 |
| Benin | 38 | 1:271,990 | 23,227 |
| Belgium | 15 | 1:766,443 | 63,354 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Somalia | 9 | 1:1,494,673 | 3,608 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Wema (24,634) may also be a first name.
Wema Demographics
Wema Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wema (Oriya: େବମା) is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wema? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 65,893rd most widely held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 962,306 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Wema are found; 60 percent are found in East Africa and 58 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 32,389th most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 24,634 people.
This last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 3,883 people, or 1 in 13,634. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Manyara Region, where 61 percent are found, Tanga Region, where 8 percent are found and Mtwara Region, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania this last name exists in 24 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 32 percent are found and Kenya, where 8 percent are found.
Wema Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wema has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Wema last name expanded 1,000 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wema Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Wema earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 45.83% less than the national average, earning $23,375 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wema Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wema in the Oriya language | ||
| େବମା | ebama | 62.5 |
| େୱମା | ewama | 25 |
| େସାମା | esama | 12.5 |
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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 Wema
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