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 last name Wenesa occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wenesa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wenesa is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 88 percent of Wenesa are found; 88 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 88 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Wenesa is also the 1,412,538th most frequently held first name internationally. It is borne by 50 people.
The last name Wenesa is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 1,164,817. In Papua New Guinea Wenesa is most common in: Western, where 86 percent reside and East New Britain, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea it occurs in one country. It also occurs 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
- 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 Wenesa
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