Wereshe Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Wereshe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Wereshe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wereshe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wereshe is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wereshe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,723,624th most numerous family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wereshe live; 88 percent live in East Africa and 75 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Wereshe is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 11,544,975. In Kenya it is most common in: Kakamega County, where 100 percent live. Not including Kenya this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 38 percent live and Nigeria, where 13 percent live.
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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 Wereshe
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