Wenass Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Wenass Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 41 | 1:99,875 | 6,187 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
Wenass Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wenass Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wenass (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻧﺎﺱ) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wenass? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,979,664th most commonly used surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wenass live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 99,875. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Assaba Region, where 68 percent live, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 22 percent live and Brakna Region, where 2 percent live. Excluding Mauritania this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Algeria, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wenass Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wenass in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﻧﺎﺱ | wnas | 64.29 |
| ﺍﻟﻮﻧﺎﺱ | alwnas | 28.57 |
| ﻭﺍﻟﻨﺎﺱ | walnas | 7.14 |
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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 Wenass
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