Wolkeba Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Wolkeba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wolkeba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia361:2,709,6188,935
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759

Wolkeba (1,504) may also be a first name.

Wolkeba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wolkeba is held by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wolkeba? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,843,861st most widely held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 77 percent of Wolkeba reside; 77 percent reside in East Africa and 77 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Wolkeba is also the 200,416th most numerous first name on earth, held by 1,504 people.

This last name is most numerous in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 2,709,618. Aside from Ethiopia this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 17 percent live and Sweden, where 6 percent live.

Wolkeba Last Name Statistics demography

Wolkeba earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 22.15% more than the national average, earning $52,708 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wolkaba862/
Woulkaba801/
Walkebach751/
Walkeby7112/
Woulkabo671/
Volkeeva671/
Woulkivai631/
Balkebo5710/
Volkiva571/
Volkjva571/
Volkoboi5393/
Volkoboy5317/
Balkeeva5317/
Bulkeeva537/
Valkeeva536/
Valkibai533/
Volkobei532/
Balqueba532/
Valqueba531/
Balkheeva5054/
Bulkheeva5032/
Valkeavuo503/

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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 Wolkeba
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