Wenga Surname
Approximately 3,551 people bear this surname
Wenga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 2,032 | 1:36,358 | 4,499 |
| Tanzania | 1,295 | 1:40,882 | 4,677 |
| Zimbabwe | 85 | 1:181,626 | 21,765 |
| Cameroon | 69 | 1:301,001 | 28,076 |
| Papua New Guinea | 36 | 1:226,492 | 31,172 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Wenga (420) may also be a first name.
Wenga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wenga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wenga occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wenga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 127,705th most frequent last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,052,252 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Wenga live; 59 percent live in Central Africa and 59 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 419,319th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 420 people.
The last name Wenga is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 2,032 people, or 1 in 36,358. Excluding The DR Congo this last name exists in 20 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 36 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent are found.
Wenga Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wenga has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wenga last name contracted 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Wenga
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