Wenget Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Wenget Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wenget Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea341:239,81532,925
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Wenget Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wenget Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Wenget is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wenget? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,100,440th most prevalent family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 85 percent of Wenget live; 85 percent live in Oceania Islands and 85 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

The last name Wenget is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 239,815. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Morobe, where 97 percent live and East New Britain, where 3 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 10 percent live and England, where 3 percent live.

Wenget Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wenget has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wenget surname contracted 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wengget925/
Wengete921/
Wengett921/
Wengest921/
Winget832,564/
Benget8343/
Wynget832/
Venget831/
Wenged831/
Wenzet831/
Wenset830/
Wingett771,076/
Wenseth7742/
Windget7732/
Wingete7710/
Wenshet774/
Bengiet772/
Benghet772/
Weinzet771/
Wensete771/
Vengets771/
Wengait770/
Wingget770/
Bengeth770/
Bengett770/
Wainget770/
Weynshet715,956/
Weinshet714,991/
Wenshete711/
Wencheat711/
Wienshet711/
Bengheit711/
Wingette711/
Benzet67338/
Benset6748/
Winset6728/
Vinget6721/
Wingit6720/
Bencet6712/
B'Nget676/
Wnseet675/
Winged675/
Venset674/
Uinget672/
Binget672/
Vencet671/
Weynshete671/
Wenjed671/
Benged671/
Winjet671/
Wincet671/
Winzet670/

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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 Wenget
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