Wesaya Surname
Approximately 280 people bear this surname
Wesaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 248 | 1:186,209 | 13,948 |
| Pakistan | 31 | 1:5,762,706 | 35,301 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wesaya (90) may also be a first name.
Wesaya Demographics
Wesaya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wesaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wesaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wesaya occurs most in Kenya. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Wesaya.
How Common Is The Last Name Wesaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wesaya is the 937,786th most frequently occurring surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 26,026,950 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Wesaya live; 89 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Wesaya is also the 1,005,046th most numerous first name worldwide. It is borne by 90 people.
The last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 248 people, or 1 in 186,209. In Kenya Wesaya is primarily concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 99 percent live, Bungoma County, where 0 percent live and Kisii County, where 0 percent live. Not including Kenya this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 11 percent live and Uganda, where 0 percent live.
Wesaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily 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 Wesaya
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