Wanam Surname
Approximately 615 people bear this surname
Wanam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 458 | 1:386,775 | 20,431 |
| Papua New Guinea | 119 | 1:68,519 | 8,947 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Guatemala | 4 | 1:4,020,667 | 7,726 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wanam (297) may also be a first name.
Wanam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wanam (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺍﻧﻢ, Marathi: वनम, Oriya: ୱାନମ) is most common in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanam? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 526,921st most prevalent last name globally, held by around 1 in 11,849,668 people. The last name Wanam occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Wanam reside; 74 percent reside in West Africa and 74 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wanam is also the 511,663rd most frequently used given name in the world. It is borne by 297 people.
The last name Wanam is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 458 people, or 1 in 386,775. In Nigeria Wanam is most frequent in: Sokoto, where 32 percent reside, Zamfara, where 28 percent reside and Yobe, where 26 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 19 percent reside and Indonesia, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wanam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wanam in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺍﻧﻢ | wanm | - |
| Wanam in the Marathi language | ||
| वनम | vanama | - |
| Wanam in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱାନମ | wanama | 50 |
| ୱାନାମ | wanama | 50 |
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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 Wanam
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