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 is found in Norway more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Wenche click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wenche? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,360,413th most widely held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 44 percent of Wenche are found; 44 percent are found in Northern Europe and 44 percent are found in Scandinavia. Wenche is also the 38,064th most commonly occurring forename globally It is held by 19,818 people.
It is most widely held in Norway, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 1,285,572. In Norway it is mostly found in: Eastern Norway, where 75 percent live and Western Norway, where 25 percent live. Barring Norway Wenche exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 33 percent live and Cameroon, where 11 percent live.
Wenche Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wenche has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wenche last name increased 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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