Wanyeh Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Wanyeh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 28 | 1:741,752 | 52,682 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wanyeh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanyeh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wanyeh is most common in Cameroon. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Wanyeh click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanyeh? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wanyeh is the 2,944,094th most frequently used last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name Wanyeh occurs predominantly in Africa, where 64 percent of Wanyeh reside; 64 percent reside in Central Africa and 61 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
Wanyeh is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 741,752. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 79 percent reside, Centre Region, where 7 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 4 percent reside. Beside Cameroon this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 20 percent reside and Indonesia, where 14 percent reside.
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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 Wanyeh
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