Wereh Surname
Approximately 836 people bear this surname
Wereh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 416 | 1:64,954 | 6,785 |
| Kenya | 212 | 1:217,830 | 15,493 |
| Indonesia | 149 | 1:887,578 | 66,606 |
| Nigeria | 23 | 1:7,701,859 | 170,290 |
| Uganda | 20 | 1:1,951,964 | 63,898 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Wereh (15) may also be a first name.
Wereh Demographics
Wereh Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wereh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wereh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wereh is carried by more people in Ghana than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Wereh.
How Common Is The Last Name Wereh? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wereh is the 416,195th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 8,717,160 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Wereh live; 53 percent live in West Africa and 53 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly occurring given name on earth. It is borne by 15 people.
This surname is most widely held in Ghana, where it is held by 416 people, or 1 in 64,954. Excluding Ghana this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 25 percent reside and Indonesia, where 18 percent reside.
Wereh Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Wereh
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