Venana Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Venana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Venana (33) may also be a first name.
Venana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Venana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Venana (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﻨﺎﻧﻪ) is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Venana? popularity and diffusion
The surname Venana is the 8,193,072nd most frequently held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Venana live; 40 percent live in Southern Africa and 40 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 33 people.
The last name Venana is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 27,088,852. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 50 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 50 percent live. Other than South Africa this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 20 percent live and Mauritania, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Venana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Venana in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﻨﺎﻧﻪ | fnanh | 75 |
| ﻓﻨﺎﻧﺔ | fnant | 8.33 |
| ﻓﻨﺎﻧﺎ | fnana | 8.33 |
| ﻓﻨﺎﻥ | fnan | 8.33 |
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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 Venana
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