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 surname Wesaya occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wesaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 937,786th most commonly used surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 26,026,950 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Wesaya reside; 89 percent reside in East Africa and 88 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Wesaya is also the 1,005,046th most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 90 people.
The surname Wesaya is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 248 people, or 1 in 186,209. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Kakamega County, where 99 percent live, Bungoma County, where 0 percent live and Kisii County, where 0 percent live. Outside of Kenya it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 11 percent live and Uganda, where 0 percent live.
Wesaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Wesaya last name is principally 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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