Wanju Surname
Approximately 101 people bear this surname
Wanju Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 48 | 1:3,690,474 | 107,175 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
Wanju (1,786) may also be a first name.
Wanju Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanju Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wanju (Marathi: वणजु) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanju? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,839,022nd most widely held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 72,153,920 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 66 percent of Wanju reside; 48 percent reside in West Africa and 48 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wanju is also the 181,002nd most frequently held forename world-wide, borne by 1,786 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 3,690,474. In Nigeria Wanju is mostly found in: Delta, where 77 percent reside, Benue, where 8 percent reside and Lagos, where 6 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 18 percent reside and Indonesia, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wanju Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wanju in the Marathi language | ||
| वणजु | vanaju | - |
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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 Wanju
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