Wesinga Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Wesinga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 44 | 1:887,256 | 40,445 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Wesinga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wesinga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wesinga is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wesinga? popularity and diffusion
Wesinga is the 2,909,720th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. The surname Wesinga occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wesinga live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 89 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Uganda, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 887,256. In Uganda Wesinga is mostly concentrated in: Mbale District, where 77 percent live, Manafwa District, where 14 percent live and Bulambuli District, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Uganda it occurs in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 2 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 Wesinga
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