Weteya Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Weteya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 48 | 1:813,318 | 38,363 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Weteya (35) may also be a first name.
Weteya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weteya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Weteya is found in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Weteya.
How Common Is The Last Name Weteya? popularity and diffusion
Weteya is the 2,293,424th most frequently occurring last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. Weteya is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Weteya are found; 70 percent are found in East Africa and 65 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 35 people.
The last name Weteya is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 813,318. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Bududa District, where 85 percent are found, Mbale District, where 4 percent are found and Buikwe District, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Uganda this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 23 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Weteya
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