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
The surname Wereh occurs in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wereh? popularity and diffusion
It is the 416,195th most frequently occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 8,717,160 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 81 percent of Wereh are found; 53 percent are found in West Africa and 53 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most prevalent forename internationally, borne by 15 people.
The last name Wereh is most commonly held in Ghana, where it is borne by 416 people, or 1 in 64,954. Not including Ghana it is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 25 percent are found and Indonesia, where 18 percent are found.
Wereh Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily 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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