Weringa Surname

1,070,546th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 232 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Weringa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Weringa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1511:305,82719,250
United States631:5,753,316282,354
Netherlands131:1,299,01473,030
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Weringa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Weringa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Weringa is most common in Kenya. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Weringa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Weringa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,070,546th most commonly used family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 31,411,836 people. Weringa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Weringa live; 67 percent live in East Africa and 66 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is carried by 151 people, or 1 in 305,827. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 97 percent are found, Kajiado County, where 1 percent are found and Kericho County, where 1 percent are found. Besides Kenya this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 27 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 6 percent are found.

Weringa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Weringa has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 6,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Weringa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Weringa surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those holding the Weringa last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.

Weringa earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.35% more than the national average, earning $43,730 USD per year.

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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 Weringa
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