Wélé Surname
Approximately 224 people bear this surname
Wélé Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 219 | 1:18,698 | 1,715 |
| Senegal | 4 | 1:3,644,836 | 6,064 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
The alternate forms: Welé (1,582), Wéle (15), Wele (13,868) & Welè (2) are calculated separately.
Wélé Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wélé Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wélé occurs in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Welé, Wéle, Wele or Welè. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wélé? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wélé is the 1,095,216th most widespread surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 32,533,687 people. The last name Wélé is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wélé reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The last name Wélé is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 219 people, or 1 in 18,698. In Mauritania Wélé is most common in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 37 percent are found, Gorgol Region, where 23 percent are found and Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 23 percent are found. Other than Mauritania this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Senegal, where 2 percent are found and France, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Wélé
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