Venancy Surname

1,727,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 112 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Venancy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Venancy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania961:551,47535,149
France131:5,109,440259,941
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Venancy (104) may also be a first name.

Venancy Last Name Facts

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

Venancy is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Venancy? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,727,723rd most prevalent family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 65,067,374 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Venancy reside; 88 percent reside in East Africa and 87 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Venancy is also the 925,156th most commonly used first name on earth It is held by 104 people.

It is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 96 people, or 1 in 551,475. In Tanzania Venancy is most prevalent in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 72 percent are found, Kagera Region, where 9 percent are found and Tabora Region, where 9 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in France, where 12 percent are found and Burundi, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Venance8633,208/
Venanca8650/
Vinancy861/
Venannce802/
Venanka71162/
Venanki718/
Vinance716/
Winanca5765/
Wenanka571/
Wynance571/
Vinankou5313/
Vengonke531/
Wainanchi5031/
Vignanker507/
Vignankou501/
Weinhanke500/

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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 Venancy
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