Wenela Surname
Approximately 295 people bear this surname
Wenela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 260 | 1:203,622 | 17,328 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Wenela (45) may also be a first name.
Wenela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wenela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wenela occurs most in Tanzania. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wenela? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wenela is the 904,049th most common last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 24,703,545 people. The surname Wenela is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wenela are found; 88 percent are found in East Africa and 88 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Wenela is also the 1,504,468th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 45 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 260 people, or 1 in 203,622. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Mbeya Region, where 98 percent are found, Kilimanjaro Region, where 0 percent are found and Lindi Region, where 0 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 12 percent are found and Indonesia, where 0 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 Wenela
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