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 is found most in The DR Congo. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wenga? popularity and diffusion
Wenga is the 127,705th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 2,052,252 people. Wenga occurs predominantly 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 frequently used forename throughout the world It is held by 420 people.
The surname is most common in The DR Congo, where it is held by 2,032 people, or 1 in 36,358. Other than The DR Congo Wenga exists in 20 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 36 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent reside.
Wenga Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wenga has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wenga surname 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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