Wolete Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Wolete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wolete (87) may also be a first name.
Wolete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wolete Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wolete is borne by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wolete? popularity and diffusion
Wolete is the 3,665,662nd most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 69 percent of Wolete are found; 55 percent are found in East Africa and 55 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Wolete is also the 1,024,927th most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 87 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 6,096,641. Excluding Ethiopia it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 28 percent reside and Cameroon, where 10 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 Wolete
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