Wamene Surname
Approximately 134 people bear this surname
Wamene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 119 | 1:174,530 | 18,525 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Wamene (33) may also be a first name.
Wamene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wamene is most common in Cameroon. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wamene.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamene? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,544,715th most widely held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 54,384,671 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Wamene live; 89 percent live in Central Africa and 70 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Wamene is also the 1,807,719th most frequent first name internationally It is held by 33 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 119 people, or 1 in 174,530. In Cameroon Wamene is primarily concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 43 percent reside, Far North Region, where 21 percent reside and West Region, where 20 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent reside and The Congo, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waimene | 92 | 449 | / |
| Wamegne | 92 | 129 | / |
| Wamenie | 92 | 26 | / |
| Waamene | 92 | 5 | / |
| Waymene | 92 | 4 | / |
| Wamenge | 92 | 1 | / |
| Wammegne | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wamegnie | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bamene | 83 | 426 | / |
| Wamane | 83 | 194 | / |
| Wamine | 83 | 171 | / |
| Wameni | 83 | 138 | / |
| Wamena | 83 | 136 | / |
| Wemene | 83 | 29 | / |
| Womene | 83 | 25 | / |
| Wameny | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wamone | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wamean | 83 | 0 | / |
| Wammegnie | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wahmane | 77 | 1,102 | / |
| Woimene | 77 | 113 | / |
| Wamegni | 77 | 111 | / |
| Waimeni | 77 | 29 | / |
| Womegne | 77 | 20 | / |
| Wemeneu | 77 | 16 | / |
| Waimane | 77 | 5 | / |
| Waminey | 77 | 3 | / |
| Woumene | 77 | 3 | / |
| Bahmene | 77 | 1 | / |
| Waymeni | 77 | 1 | / |
| Baimene | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vaamene | 77 | 1 | / |
| Weimene | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wamanei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wamenyo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wammeni | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wamenyi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wa'mine | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wameena | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bammene | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vamenee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wamines | 77 | 0 | / |
| Vaimenee | 71 | 9 | / |
| Woumegne | 71 | 1 | / |
| Waamegni | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wammegni | 71 | 1 | / |
| Waymanee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Waitmein | 71 | 0 | / |
| Waminh | 67 | 1,251 | / |
| Wamini | 67 | 853 | / |
| Vamane | 67 | 769 | / |
| Bomene | 67 | 427 | / |
| Bamine | 67 | 344 | / |
| Womeni | 67 | 143 | / |
| Wemeni | 67 | 125 | / |
| Wamoin | 67 | 31 | / |
| Womein | 67 | 24 | / |
| Wemine | 67 | 22 | / |
| Wamuin | 67 | 14 | / |
| Vamena | 67 | 13 | / |
| Wamain | 67 | 10 | / |
| Bameyn | 67 | 4 | / |
| Womena | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vemene | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vomene | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wemane | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wamgin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bamein | 67 | 1 | / |
| Womine | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vamine | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vamean | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wamjni | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bamhen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vamone | 67 | 1 | / |
| Womgen | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Wamene
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