Wanas Surname
Approximately 6,150 people bear this surname
Wanas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 5,278 | 1:17,419 | 2,033 |
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| Philippines | 189 | 1:535,652 | 61,128 |
| Papua New Guinea | 87 | 1:93,721 | 12,528 |
| Algeria | 87 | 1:444,041 | 35,614 |
| United States | 66 | 1:5,491,802 | 273,080 |
| Iraq | 31 | 1:1,129,731 | 13,630 |
| Canada | 27 | 1:1,364,652 | 95,501 |
| Niger | 21 | 1:913,906 | 20,544 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Pakistan | 8 | 1:22,330,486 | 77,733 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Wanas (321) may also be a first name.
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Wanas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wanas (Arabic: وناس) is most common in Egypt. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanas? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 79,341st most prevalent last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,184,967 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Wanas live; 87 percent live in North Africa and 86 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 489,856th most prevalent forename on earth. It is borne by 321 people.
Wanas is most widespread in Egypt, where it is borne by 5,278 people, or 1 in 17,419. Apart from Egypt this surname occurs in 31 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 5 percent reside and The Philippines, where 3 percent reside.
Wanas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wanas has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wanas last name grew 1,650 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wanas Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wanas surname are 30.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 83.33% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Wanas earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 19.82% less than the national average, earning $34,599 USD per year and in Canada they earn 33.82% more than the national average, earning $66,487 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wanas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wanas in the Arabic language | ||
| وناس | wnas | - |
| وانس | wans | - |
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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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- 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 Wanas
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