Wewa Surname

546,286th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 586 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Wewa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wewa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2241:206,16014,854
DR Congo1231:600,64745,387
Cameroon681:305,42728,416
Thailand611:1,158,006169,912
Papua New Guinea481:169,86923,574
Indonesia391:3,391,005183,158
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
Mauritania21:2,047,43230,537
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Wewa (261) may also be a first name.

Wewa Last Name Facts

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

Wewa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻭﻩ) is found most in Kenya. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wewa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wewa is the 546,286th most prevalent surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 12,436,085 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 74 percent of Wewa are found; 39 percent are found in East Africa and 28 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 550,922nd most commonly occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 261 people.

This surname is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 224 people, or 1 in 206,160. In Kenya Wewa is most prevalent in: Busia County, where 72 percent reside, Makueni County, where 23 percent reside and Kakamega County, where 0 percent reside. Excluding Kenya this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 21 percent reside and Cameroon, where 12 percent reside.

Wewa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weawa8966/
Wewah8958/
Weiwa8915/
Waewa8912/
Wewai8912/
Weewa893/
Hwewa891/
Weway891/
Whewa891/
Wewea891/
Wheway80451/
Wesswa80183/
Weawea8081/
Woewah8019/
Weiwad8015/
Weswas808/
Wehwah804/
Weihwa801/
Wewahe801/
Wewast801/
Weaway801/
Whewha801/
Weewah801/
Weva752,446/
Wewe752,445/
Wiwa752,047/
Wewo75322/
Wewi7566/
Vewa7547/
Uewa751/
Wywa751/
Wewy751/
Wjwa751/
Weaweah7332/
Hweahwa7316/
Weeswas731/
Weiwadt731/
Wheyway731/
Waewwai731/
Wowah67664/
Beawa67188/
Weahweah67120/
Woiwa67110/
Vewas6748/
Weweh6748/
Wewei6732/
Vewua6728/
Wewee6727/
Wowai6726/
Bewea6720/
Wiwai6719/
Wewey6717/
Bejwa6716/
Weeba676/
Wuiwa675/
Weave674/
Weuwo674/
Weiwe673/
Weiwo673/
Wawea673/
Uhewa672/
Wewie672/
Weava672/
Wehva672/
Whawa672/
Weewe672/
Wewoh672/
Weaby672/
Weewy671/
Weawo671/
Bewaj671/
Hweva671/
Hbewa671/
Wijehewa671/
Woeva671/
Wiwua671/
Wywas671/
Wowau671/
Bewha671/
Wovea671/
Vweba671/
Wewii671/
Wewej671/
Wewot671/
Wewop671/
Vewga671/
Ueway671/
Wiwaa671/
Wowha671/
Woway671/
Uiwea671/
Bywea671/
Wowaa671/
Hwjwa671/
Vaewa671/
Weweu671/
Weavy670/

Wewa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Wewa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻭﻭﻩwwh50
ﺍﻭﻭﻩawwh16.67
ﻭﻭﺍwwa16.67
ﻭﻭww16.67

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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
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  • 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 Wewa
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