Wenege Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Wenege Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wenege Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea281:291,20439,406
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Wenege (57) may also be a first name.

Wenege Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wenege Come From? nationality or country of origin

Wenege is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wenege.

How Common Is The Last Name Wenege? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,665,662nd most frequently used family name globally It is held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 97 percent of Wenege reside; 97 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 97 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,308,380th most commonly held first name globally, held by 57 people.

This last name is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 291,204. In Papua New Guinea Wenege is primarily concentrated in: Enga, where 64 percent live, Southern Highlands, where 18 percent live and Hela, where 14 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea Wenege exists in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weneguei8642/
Wienegge8618/
Wenegger8616/
Wesnedge8610/
Wenige8368/
Wanege8346/
Benege831/
Wonege831/
Weneje831/
Wenega831/
Winege830/
Weinegger809/
Weisneger800/
Wienese7758/
Wineger7740/
Wennige7726/
Veneges777/
Wienega774/
Winegge773/
Benegeh773/
Wenegha772/
Weneser772/
Veneger771/
Waneghe771/
Wannege771/
Weneeza771/
Weniges771/
Benegie771/
Benejge771/
Weinage770/
Weiniger71162/
Wienhage7187/
Wesnidge7159/
Winnegge7138/
Weinhage7114/
Hueneger7112/
Wienägge714/
Weinesee713/
Venegued711/
Wineiger711/
Wehniger710/
Wineager710/
Beneze67202/
Wanage67126/
Venece67110/
Winige6720/
Winega6713/
Weneza6712/
Wanige6710/
Venese6710/
Wenesi679/
Weinniger677/
Waisnedge675/
Venage674/
Wanegi673/
Binege673/
Veneze673/
Benige672/
Benegi672/
Weniga672/
Vanege671/
Uenega671/
Wenezi671/
Wineze671/
Wisnegger671/
Weisennegger670/
Winage670/

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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 Wenege
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