Wesonga Surname

16,504th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33,615 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Wesonga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wesonga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya28,8891:1,599255
Uganda4,6191:8,4521,453
United States591:6,143,372295,589
Sudan161:2,344,3874,438
England131:4,286,005132,302
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Angola11:26,989,21411,853

Wesonga (7,640) may also be a first name.

Wesonga Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wesonga has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wesonga? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wesonga is the 16,504th most common surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 216,794 people. The surname Wesonga occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wesonga reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 68 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Wesonga is also the 73,265th most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 7,640 people.

The last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 28,889 people, or 1 in 1,599. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 41 percent reside, Busia County, where 26 percent reside and Bungoma County, where 14 percent reside. Other than Kenya this surname occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 14 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Wesonga Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Wesonga last name is principally Christian (99%) in Kenya.

In The United States those holding the Wesonga surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.

Wesonga earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.6% less than the national average, earning $42,460 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 Wesonga
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