Whelo Surname
Approximately 110 people bear this surname
Whelo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 101 | 1:524,174 | 34,222 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
Whelo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Whelo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Whelo occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Whelo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Whelo is the 1,746,159th most commonly held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 66,250,417 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Whelo are found; 92 percent are found in East Africa and 92 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Whelo is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 101 people, or 1 in 524,174. In Tanzania Whelo is primarily concentrated in: Ruvuma Region, where 100 percent live. Aside from Tanzania this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 4 percent live and Nigeria, where 3 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 Whelo
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