Wenah Surname
Approximately 128 people bear this surname
Wenah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 64 | 1:2,767,856 | 88,308 |
| Indonesia | 48 | 1:2,755,192 | 158,430 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Liberia | 4 | 1:1,102,134 | 37,930 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Wenah (549) may also be a first name.
Wenah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wenah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wenah is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wenah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wenah is the 1,589,322nd most frequently held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 56,933,952 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 57 percent of Wenah reside; 53 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wenah is also the 359,531st most prevalent first name internationally, held by 549 people.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 64 people, or 1 in 2,767,856. In Nigeria Wenah is primarily found in: Rivers, where 84 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 11 percent live and Bayelsa, where 2 percent live. Barring Nigeria Wenah exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 38 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 5 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 Wenah
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