Wanni Surname
Approximately 1,393 people bear this surname
Wanni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 585 | 1:35,570 | 4,375 |
| Thailand | 319 | 1:221,437 | 37,236 |
| Niger | 192 | 1:99,958 | 4,109 |
| Papua New Guinea | 44 | 1:185,312 | 25,733 |
| Indonesia | 39 | 1:3,391,005 | 183,158 |
| Benin | 28 | 1:369,129 | 27,947 |
| Cameroon | 28 | 1:741,752 | 52,682 |
| Burkina Faso | 23 | 1:797,917 | 8,915 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Wanni (46,078) may also be a first name.
Wanni Demographics
Average Wanni Salary in
United States
$41,525 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wanni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanni Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wanni (Arabic: انّى, Marathi: वानी) has its highest incidence in Sri Lanka. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanni? popularity and diffusion
Wanni is the 277,914th most prevalent surname globally, held by around 1 in 5,231,548 people. The last name Wanni is primarily found in Asia, where 72 percent of Wanni are found; 43 percent are found in South Asia and 42 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 19,788th most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 46,078 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 585 people, or 1 in 35,570. Besides Sri Lanka it exists in 37 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 23 percent live and Niger, where 14 percent live.
Wanni Last Name Statistics demography
Wanni earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.76% less than the national average, earning $41,525 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wanni Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wanni in the Marathi language | ||
| वानी | vani | - |
| Wanni in the Arabic language | ||
| انّى | any | - |
| انى | any | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Wanni
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