Wenge Surname
Approximately 3,200 people bear this surname
Wenge Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,998 | 1:36,977 | 4,575 |
| Germany | 543 | 1:148,261 | 17,819 |
| Tanzania | 283 | 1:187,073 | 16,148 |
| Papua New Guinea | 154 | 1:52,946 | 6,689 |
| United States | 57 | 1:6,358,929 | 302,882 |
| Uganda | 33 | 1:1,183,008 | 47,935 |
| Indonesia | 19 | 1:6,960,484 | 292,931 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Kenya | 11 | 1:4,198,173 | 41,178 |
| Norway | 11 | 1:467,481 | 39,375 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 1:3,587,049 | 158,810 |
The alternate forms: Wengé (1) are calculated separately.
Wenge (1,185) may also be a first name.
Wenge Demographics
Average Wenge Salary in
United States
$57,143 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wenge Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wenge Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wenge (Arabic: لينجي) is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Wengé. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wenge? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 139,612th most widespread surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,277,358 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 74 percent of Wenge are found; 63 percent are found in Central Africa and 63 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Wenge is also the 230,391st most frequently occurring forename in the world It is held by 1,185 people.
The surname Wenge is most common in The DR Congo, where it is held by 1,998 people, or 1 in 36,977. Other than The DR Congo it is found in 31 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 17 percent live and Tanzania, where 9 percent live.
Wenge Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wenge has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wenge surname rose 407 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wenge Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Wenge surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Wenge surname are 3.91% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 57.14% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Wenge earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 31.49% less than the national average, earning 237,113 kr per year; in United States they earn 32.43% more than the national average, earning $57,143 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.82% more than the national average, earning $50,092 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wenge Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wenge in the Arabic language | ||
| لينجي | lynjy | - |
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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 Wenge
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