Wanan Surname
Approximately 1,805 people bear this surname
Wanan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 942 | 1:188,050 | 11,412 |
| Philippines | 585 | 1:173,057 | 28,075 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Indonesia | 33 | 1:4,007,551 | 204,828 |
| Cameroon | 32 | 1:649,033 | 48,340 |
| Ivory Coast | 18 | 1:1,281,735 | 28,562 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
Wanan (12,971) may also be a first name.
Wanan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wanan (Marathi: वानन, Oriya: ୱାନାଂ) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Wanan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wanan is the 225,189th most prevalent surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 4,037,422 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 64 percent of Wanan live; 54 percent live in West Africa and 53 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wanan is also the 51,373rd most commonly occurring given name on earth, held by 12,971 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 942 people, or 1 in 188,050. In Nigeria Wanan is most frequent in: Benue, where 73 percent live, Taraba, where 11 percent live and Zamfara, where 5 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in 21 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 32 percent live and Egypt, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wanan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wanan in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱାନାଂ | wanam | - |
| Wanan in the Marathi language | ||
| वानन | vanana | - |
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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 Wanan
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