Werikhe Surname
Approximately 305 people bear this surname
Werikhe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 299 | 1:130,566 | 12,054 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Werikhe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Werikhe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Werikhe is found most frequently in Uganda. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Werikhe? popularity and diffusion
Werikhe is the 883,255th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 23,893,593 people. The last name Werikhe is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Werikhe are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 54 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This last name is most numerous in Uganda, where it is held by 299 people, or 1 in 130,566. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Mbale District, where 36 percent live, Manafwa District, where 16 percent live and Butaleja District, where 12 percent live. Barring Uganda this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and China, where 0 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 Werikhe
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