Wanye Surname
Approximately 997 people bear this surname
Wanye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 623 | 1:43,372 | 4,874 |
| Nigeria | 222 | 1:797,940 | 35,665 |
| Cameroon | 100 | 1:207,691 | 21,269 |
| United States | 20 | 1:18,122,947 | 588,089 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Wanye (261) may also be a first name.
Wanye Demographics
Average Wanye Salary in
United States
$67,833 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wanye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wanye (Marathi: वणये) is found most frequently in Ghana. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 362,542nd most frequently used family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 7,309,474 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Wanye live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wanye is also the 550,922nd most commonly occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 261 people.
It is most common in Ghana, where it is carried by 623 people, or 1 in 43,372. Barring Ghana this last name is found in 21 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 22 percent are found and Cameroon, where 10 percent are found.
Wanye Last Name Statistics demography
Wanye earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 57.21% more than the national average, earning $67,833 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wanye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wanye in the Marathi language | ||
| वणये | vanaye | - |
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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 Wanye
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