Wenesa Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Wenesa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wenesa (50) may also be a first name.
Wenesa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wenesa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wenesa is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wenesa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,723,624th most numerous surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. It is predominantly found in Oceania, where 88 percent of Wenesa reside; 88 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 88 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,412,538th most commonly occurring forename internationally, borne by 50 people.
The last name Wenesa is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 1,164,817. In Papua New Guinea Wenesa is most frequent in: Western, where 86 percent reside and East New Britain, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea it exists in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 13 percent reside.
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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 Wenesa
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