Wanah Surname
Approximately 710 people bear this surname
Wanah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 546 | 1:242,215 | 22,246 |
| Nigeria | 60 | 1:2,952,379 | 92,303 |
| Liberia | 51 | 1:86,442 | 7,100 |
| Cameroon | 30 | 1:692,302 | 50,404 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Wanah (3,318) may also be a first name.
Wanah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wanah is found in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 472,211th most frequently used surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,264,149 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 77 percent of Wanah reside; 77 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 77 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 124,110th most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 3,318 people.
Wanah is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 546 people, or 1 in 242,215. In Indonesia Wanah is most numerous in: West Java, where 38 percent are found, East Java, where 23 percent are found and Lampung, where 17 percent are found. Beside Indonesia it is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 8 percent are found and Liberia, where 7 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 Wanah
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