Wanjen Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Wanjen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Wanjen (79) may also be a first name.
Wanjen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanjen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wanjen is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanjen? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wanjen is the 7,117,718th most widely held last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 86 percent of Wanjen reside; 86 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 86 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,083,225th most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 79 people.
The surname is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 1,358,953. In Papua New Guinea Wanjen is mostly found in: East Sepik, where 83 percent live and Enga, where 17 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 14 percent live.
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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 Wanjen
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