Wantue Surname

1,727,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 112 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Wantue Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wantue Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia751:58,7805,161
Thailand331:2,140,556247,258
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Wantue Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wantue is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wantue? popularity and diffusion

Wantue is the 1,727,723rd most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 65,067,374 people. The last name Wantue is mostly found in Africa, where 68 percent of Wantue reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.

It is most commonly occurring in Liberia, where it is borne by 75 people, or 1 in 58,780. In Liberia it is most prevalent in: Grand Kru County, where 33 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 28 percent reside and Maryland County, where 25 percent reside. Excluding Liberia this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 29 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wantui8354/
Bantue8311/
Wantie839/
Wandue838/
Wantwe831/
Wanttie7727/
Wohntueh711/
Wointoue711/
Wandui67274/
Wantwa67132/
Wandwe6776/
Wontie6718/
Vantie6714/
Bandue6711/
Bantui674/
Wamtui671/
Wandbe671/
Wantwi671/

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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 Wantue
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