Wenei Surname
Approximately 100 people bear this surname
Wenei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 99 | 1:82,361 | 10,899 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Wenei (51) may also be a first name.
Wenei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wenei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wenei is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wenei? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wenei is the 1,849,867th most commonly held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 72,875,459 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 99 percent of Wenei live; 99 percent live in Oceania Islands and 99 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,396,783rd most numerous first name on earth. It is borne by 51 people.
The last name is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 99 people, or 1 in 82,361. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: West Sepik, where 95 percent are found, Southern Highlands, where 4 percent are found and Jiwaka, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea it is found in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Wenei
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