Wanange Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Wanange Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wanange Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea191:429,14355,452
Uganda101:3,903,92893,934

Wanange Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wanange Come From? nationality or country of origin

Wanange has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wanange? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,665,662nd most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 66 percent of Wanange reside; 66 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 66 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.

Wanange is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 429,143. In Papua New Guinea Wanange is mostly concentrated in: East Sepik, where 100 percent are found. Other than Papua New Guinea it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 34 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wangange9348/
Banange86178/
Wananga8688/
Wananje8663/
Wanonge862/
Wanance862/
Vanange862/
Wanasinghe8211,444/
Huanange803/
Wangangi801/
Wannanga801/
Wannanse801/
Wanangai801/
Wanasinghes781/
Vanasinge75124/
Wanhangui751/
Vanangest750/
Vananje71560/
Wanonga71137/
Wonanje71119/
Banangi7196/
Bonange7134/
Vanance7126/
Banonge7122/
Wanansi7119/
Bananze7116/
Vanangi718/
Wananji711/
Vananse710/
Bonnange6726/
Boinange679/
Wananjai674/
Bananggi671/
Vongange671/
Vanannje671/
Vaanangi671/
Banangay671/
Banangoy671/
Bannanze671/
Wanansai671/
Wounanga671/
Vaunanse670/
Vananzer670/

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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 Wanange
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