Wena Surname
Approximately 4,494 people bear this surname
Wena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 1,584 | 1:5,148 | 305 |
| Indonesia | 1,190 | 1:111,134 | 11,344 |
| DR Congo | 1,006 | 1:73,439 | 8,576 |
| Burkina Faso | 368 | 1:49,870 | 2,223 |
| Cameroon | 76 | 1:273,277 | 26,204 |
| Zimbabwe | 66 | 1:233,913 | 25,760 |
| South Africa | 59 | 1:918,266 | 58,838 |
| Nigeria | 24 | 1:7,380,948 | 165,663 |
| Marshall Islands | 22 | 1:2,356 | 552 |
| Kenya | 22 | 1:2,099,086 | 36,356 |
| Uganda | 16 | 1:2,439,955 | 72,451 |
| Taiwan | 10 | 1:2,344,475 | 14,894 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
The alternate forms: Wéna (5) & Wená (1) are calculated separately.
Wena (3,953) may also be a first name.
Wena Demographics
Average Wena Salary in
South Africa
R 96,168
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Wena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wena (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻥ) is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Wéna or Wená. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wena? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 104,423rd most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 1,621,617 people. Wena is predominantly found in Oceania, where 37 percent of Wena live; 37 percent live in Oceania Islands and 36 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Wena is also the 111,252nd most widely held first name internationally, borne by 3,953 people.
The last name is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 1,584 people, or 1 in 5,148. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Chimbu, where 55 percent reside, Jiwaka, where 10 percent reside and Western Highlands, where 6 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 35 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 26 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 22 percent reside.
Wena Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wena has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname contracted 82 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wena Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Wena earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 59.53% less than the national average, earning R 96,168 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wena Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wena in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﻥ | wn | 50 |
| ﻭﻧﻪ | wnh | 33.33 |
| ﻭﻧﻰ | wny | 8.33 |
| ﻭﻧﺎ | wna | 8.33 |
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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
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- 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 Wena
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