Wmeskel Surname
Approximately 1,450 people bear this surname
Wmeskel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,449 | 1:67,320 | 6,648 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wmeskel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wmeskel Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wmeskel is more frequently found in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wmeskel? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 269,054th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 5,025,894 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wmeskel live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 1,449 people, or 1 in 67,320. Not including Ethiopia this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 0 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 Wmeskel
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