Weteye Surname
Approximately 141 people bear this surname
Weteye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 138 | 1:150,500 | 16,554 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Weteye (275) may also be a first name.
Weteye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weteye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Weteye occurs most in Cameroon. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Weteye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,491,356th most commonly held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 51,684,723 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Weteye live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Chadic Africa. Weteye is also the 535,844th most common first name globally, borne by 275 people.
The surname Weteye is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 138 people, or 1 in 150,500. In Cameroon Weteye is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 97 percent reside, North Region, where 1 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 1 percent reside. Besides Cameroon this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Weteye
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