Wanem Surname

1,565,797th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 131 people bear this surname

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

Wanem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wanem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia571:2,320,161139,963
Papua New Guinea441:185,31225,733
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
England31:18,572,686338,250
Nepal31:9,493,65216,132
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Wanem (467) may also be a first name.

Wanem Last Name Facts

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

Wanem occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wanem? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wanem is the 1,565,797th most prevalent family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 55,630,121 people. The last name Wanem occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 77 percent of Wanem reside; 77 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 77 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Wanem is also the 394,192nd most numerous forename throughout the world. It is borne by 467 people.

The last name Wanem is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is held by 57 people, or 1 in 2,320,161. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: Papua, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Indonesia this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 34 percent are found and Thailand, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waneme9157/
Wainem9143/
Wanhem9122/
Wannem917/
Waniem911/
Waynem911/
Wagnem911/
Wattnem8392/
Wanheem8314/
Wangnem831/
Vanem801,337/
Banem80338/
Wanim80185/
Wanen8074/
Wonem8041/
Wenem808/
Wanjm801/
Wanhm801/
Wangneam771/
Wainheim771/
Weinem73406/
Vannem73230/
Wanaim73137/
Bannem7387/
Wannen7372/
Wahnen7351/
Wainen7335/
Wanien7331/
Watnim7322/
Vaneme7314/
Vatnem7312/
Waynen7310/
Vasnem738/
Bainem737/
Wagnen735/
Vaneem735/
Wanhim735/
Vanhem734/
Whanen733/
Banhem733/
Bahnem733/
Waneen733/
Baneem732/
Wahnim731/
Weynem731/
Wasnim731/
Baneim731/
Baynem731/
Wainim731/
Wanimk731/
Wanime731/
Wuanen731/
Vangem731/
Beanem731/
Vangeem6796/
Wangeen6728/
Vanhemm6715/
Baineam676/
Wongnem674/
Wenehem674/
Waisnen674/
Wanaime674/
Wangnen672/
Wainene672/
Wannaim672/
Weingem671/
Vanesme671/
Wanhime671/
Vaaneme671/
Wanniom671/
Wanimbp671/
Vasneme671/
Wanimne671/
Vahanem671/
Bahanem670/

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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 Wanem
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