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 last name Wenass (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻧﺎﺱ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Wenass click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wenass? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wenass is the 2,979,664th most commonly used last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wenass reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 99,875. In Mauritania Wenass is primarily concentrated in: Assaba Region, where 68 percent reside, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 22 percent reside and Brakna Region, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Mauritania this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Algeria, where 5 percent reside.
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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