Wereba Surname

1,210,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 194 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Wereba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wereba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1881:207,65616,436
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Wereba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wereba is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wereba? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,210,518th most widely held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 37,564,670 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wereba live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 64 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Wereba is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 188 people, or 1 in 207,656. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Mbale District, where 31 percent are found, Bududa District, where 30 percent are found and Bulambuli District, where 15 percent are found. Barring Uganda this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 2 percent are found and Indonesia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wereeba924/
Werebai922/
Wareba83196/
Bereba8361/
Werebe8339/
Werebo8317/
Woreba8315/
Vereba839/
Wireba836/
Weraba834/
Werebi831/
Weroba831/
Weirebach801/
Verebay7725/
Bereeba7711/
Wareeba779/
Weriebi777/
Berebai776/
Berreba774/
Berebah774/
Berebha772/
Weeraba771/
Weirebo771/
Weribat771/
Werebij771/
Warieba771/
Wireeba771/
Beereba771/
Weiriba771/
Whereby770/
Berrebha7192/
Wirebach7121/
Berrebaa719/
Bereabaa711/
Berreiba711/
Wethreby710/
Wirebauh710/
Wyroba671,036/
Waraba67743/
Verebi67366/
Veroba67191/
Berebo67180/
Vareba67178/
Wariba67124/
Berebi6746/
Beriba6745/
Warebo6740/
Berebe6738/
Bereby6729/
Weribi6725/
Bireba6722/
Weribo6721/
Wierebiej6720/
Woraba6719/
Wireby6714/
Vereby6714/
Wäreby6710/
Wiriba678/
Veraba676/
Werebesch676/
Werabo676/
Waroba674/
Wiraba672/
Veriba672/
Woriba672/
Wiroba671/
Uerebo671/
Worebo671/
Werobo671/
Verebe671/
Wirebo671/
Woroba671/

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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 Wereba
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