Wereya Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Wereya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 32 | 1:254,804 | 34,943 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wereya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wereya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wereya is most common in Papua New Guinea. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Wereya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wereya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,432,070th most widespread last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. Wereya is mostly found in Oceania, where 97 percent of Wereya reside; 97 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 97 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
It is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 254,804. In Papua New Guinea Wereya is primarily concentrated in: Southern Highlands, where 66 percent are found, Enga, where 28 percent are found and Eastern Highlands, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea Wereya is found in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Wereya
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