Wenambo Surname
Approximately 136 people bear this surname
Wenambo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 135 | 1:60,398 | 7,783 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Wenambo (38) may also be a first name.
Wenambo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wenambo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wenambo is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Wenambo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wenambo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wenambo is the 1,527,735th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 53,584,896 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 99 percent of Wenambo are found; 99 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 99 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,662,754th most frequently occurring given name in the world, held by 38 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 135 people, or 1 in 60,398. In Papua New Guinea Wenambo is mostly concentrated in: Chimbu, where 72 percent are found, West New Britain, where 14 percent are found and Eastern Highlands, where 13 percent are found. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wenamba | 86 | 64 | / |
| Wanambo | 86 | 23 | / |
| Benambo | 86 | 2 | / |
| Wonambo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Venambo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wanaimbo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wenoumbou | 75 | 5 | / |
| Wanombo | 71 | 40 | / |
| Winamba | 71 | 29 | / |
| Wanamba | 71 | 7 | / |
| Venamba | 71 | 6 | / |
| Wananbo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Venembuo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wengomba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wanoimbo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Houegnanbo | 59 | 1 | / |
| Binombo | 57 | 220 | / |
| Wanemba | 57 | 54 | / |
| Wanomba | 57 | 29 | / |
| Binamba | 57 | 11 | / |
| Benanba | 57 | 2 | / |
| Wonemba | 57 | 1 | / |
| Vanamba | 57 | 1 | / |
| Wanhemba | 53 | 19 | / |
| Vinhamba | 53 | 1 | / |
| Binoumbou | 50 | 2 | / |
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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 Wenambo
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