Wanshe Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Wanshe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 43 | 1:4,119,599 | 115,187 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Wanshe (601) may also be a first name.
Wanshe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanshe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wanshe is found most in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanshe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,876,555th most commonly used surname in the world, held by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. The last name Wanshe is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Wanshe live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wanshe is also the 340,957th most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 601 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 4,119,599. In Nigeria it is most common in: Benue, where 86 percent live, Nasarawa, where 7 percent live and Taraba, where 2 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 4 percent live and Switzerland, where 2 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
- 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 Wanshe
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