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 surname Wenche occurs more in Norway more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wenche? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,360,413th most commonly used surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Wenche occurs predominantly in Europe, where 44 percent of Wenche live; 44 percent live in Northern Europe and 44 percent live in Scandinavia. It is also the 38,064th most frequently used forename in the world It is held by 19,818 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Norway, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 1,285,572. In Norway it is most prevalent in: Eastern Norway, where 75 percent are found and Western Norway, where 25 percent are found. Beside Norway it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 percent are found and Cameroon, where 11 percent are found.
Wenche Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wenche has changed over time. 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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