Wereka Surname
Approximately 125 people bear this surname
Wereka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 73 | 1:632,601 | 28,796 |
| Uganda | 21 | 1:1,859,013 | 62,128 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Wereka Demographics
Wereka Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wereka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wereka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wereka is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wereka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,612,213th most common family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 58,300,367 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Wereka live; 78 percent live in East Africa and 74 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 73 people, or 1 in 632,601. In Kenya Wereka is most prevalent in: Bungoma County, where 88 percent reside and Trans Nzoia County, where 12 percent reside. Other than Kenya this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 17 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent reside.
Wereka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying 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 Wereka
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