Wenche Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Wenche Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Wenche (19,818) may also be a first name.
Wenche Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wenche Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wenche occurs in Norway more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Wenche click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wenche? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wenche is the 6,360,413th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Wenche is primarily found in Europe, where 44 percent of Wenche live; 44 percent live in Northern Europe and 44 percent live in Scandinavia. Wenche is also the 38,064th most frequent forename world-wide, held by 19,818 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Norway, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 1,285,572. In Norway Wenche is most numerous in: Eastern Norway, where 75 percent reside and Western Norway, where 25 percent reside. Barring Norway this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 33 percent reside and Cameroon, where 11 percent reside.
Wenche Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wenche has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wenche surname rose 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Wenche
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