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 last name Wanan (Marathi: वानन, Oriya: ୱାନାଂ) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wanan is the 225,189th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 4,037,422 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 64 percent of Wanan reside; 54 percent reside in West Africa and 53 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 51,373rd most commonly held forename worldwide, held by 12,971 people.
The last name Wanan is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 942 people, or 1 in 188,050. In Nigeria Wanan is most frequent in: Benue, where 73 percent reside, Taraba, where 11 percent reside and Zamfara, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it exists in 21 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 32 percent reside and Egypt, where 8 percent reside.
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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