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 carried by more people in Norway than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wenche? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,360,413th most common family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 44 percent of Wenche reside; 44 percent reside in Northern Europe and 44 percent reside in Scandinavia. Wenche is also the 38,064th most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 19,818 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Norway, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 1,285,572. In Norway Wenche is primarily found in: Eastern Norway, where 75 percent live and Western Norway, where 25 percent live. Without taking into account Norway this surname is found 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 incidence of Wenche has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 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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