Wesah Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Wesah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 15 | 1:3,078,660 | 38,128 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Wesah (40) may also be a first name.
Wesah Demographics
Wesah Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wesah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wesah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wesah occurs most in Kenya. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wesah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wesah is the 4,772,636th most frequent family name on earth, held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname Wesah is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Wesah live; 88 percent live in East Africa and 82 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most frequently used first name globally. It is borne by 40 people.
The last name is most common in Kenya, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 3,078,660. In Kenya Wesah is primarily found in: Kakamega County, where 60 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 27 percent reside and Bungoma County, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Kenya this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Jamaica, where 6 percent reside and Liberia, where 6 percent reside.
Wesah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name 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 Wesah
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