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 occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Wanah.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wanah is the 472,211th most commonly held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 10,264,149 people. The last name Wanah occurs predominantly in Asia, where 77 percent of Wanah are found; 77 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 77 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Wanah is also the 124,110th most widespread first name in the world, held by 3,318 people.
The last name Wanah is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 546 people, or 1 in 242,215. In Indonesia Wanah is primarily found in: West Java, where 38 percent live, East Java, where 23 percent live and Lampung, where 17 percent live. Besides Indonesia Wanah is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 8 percent live and Liberia, where 7 percent live.
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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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