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
Wenga is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wenga? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 127,705th most commonly used family name globally It is held by around 1 in 2,052,252 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Wenga reside; 59 percent reside in Central Africa and 59 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 419,319th most frequently held first name globally, held by 420 people.
The surname Wenga is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 2,032 people, or 1 in 36,358. Without taking into account The DR Congo it occurs 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 prevalency of Wenga has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wenga last name decreased 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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