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
The last name Wanah occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanah? popularity and diffusion
Wanah is the 472,211th most commonly used family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 10,264,149 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 77 percent of Wanah live; 77 percent live in Southeast Asia and 77 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 124,110th most frequently held first name globally, borne by 3,318 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is carried by 546 people, or 1 in 242,215. In Indonesia Wanah is mostly found in: West Java, where 38 percent reside, East Java, where 23 percent reside and Lampung, where 17 percent reside. Barring Indonesia it occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 8 percent reside and Liberia, where 7 percent reside.
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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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