Wannenberg Surname

1,691,963rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 116 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Wannenberg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wannenberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1151:471,11039,128
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Wannenberg Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wannenberg is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wannenberg? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,691,963rd most common surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 62,823,672 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wannenberg reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

Wannenberg is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 115 people, or 1 in 471,110. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Western Cape, where 83 percent reside, Gauteng, where 16 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 1 percent reside. Not including South Africa this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Germany, where 1 percent reside.

Wannenberg Last Name Statistics demography

Wannenberg earn marginally less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 0.57% less than the national average, earning R 236,280 per year.

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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 Wannenberg
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