Wengba Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Wengba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
Wengba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wengba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wengba is more frequently found in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wengba? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,193,072nd most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Wengba live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 40 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
The last name Wengba is most commonly used in Liberia, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 2,204,268. In Liberia it is primarily concentrated in: Margibi County, where 50 percent reside and Montserrado County, where 50 percent reside. Besides Liberia this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 20 percent reside and Nigeria, where 20 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wengbai | 92 | 1 | / |
| Wengbap | 92 | 1 | / |
| Weingbah | 86 | 9 | / |
| Weangbah | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bengba | 83 | 137 | / |
| Wingba | 83 | 56 | / |
| Wengbo | 83 | 2 | / |
| Wengbe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wingbah | 77 | 405 | / |
| Whengbo | 77 | 18 | / |
| Wehngbo | 77 | 8 | / |
| Wingbay | 77 | 6 | / |
| Vengbai | 77 | 4 | / |
| Woingba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wengbeh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wengbeu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wengbee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wingbeah | 71 | 9 | / |
| Waingbah | 71 | 7 | / |
| Wingbach | 71 | 2 | / |
| Woingbai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wingbash | 71 | 0 | / |
| Wingbo | 67 | 80 | / |
| Wingbe | 67 | 50 | / |
| Bengbi | 67 | 27 | / |
| Vengbe | 67 | 21 | / |
| Vengbo | 67 | 9 | / |
| Bengbo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wångby | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wemgbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wengvo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wingbi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bengva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bingba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ouengbo | 62 | 12 | / |
| Wimgbah | 62 | 9 | / |
| Venningbo | 53 | 1 | / |
| Houengbeh | 53 | 1 | / |
| Vängbo | 50 | 23 | / |
| Vängby | 50 | 3 | / |
| Bingbo | 50 | 2 | / |
| Vemgbe | 50 | 1 | / |
| Bngbee | 50 | 0 | / |
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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 Wengba
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