Wenike Surname
Approximately 405 people bear this surname
Wenike Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 403 | 1:439,560 | 22,574 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Wenike (106) may also be a first name.
Wenike Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wenike Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wenike occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Wenike.
How Common Is The Last Name Wenike? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 719,876th most frequently occurring family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 17,993,941 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wenike live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 915,176th most commonly held forename in the world, borne by 106 people.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 403 people, or 1 in 439,560. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Rivers, where 92 percent are found, Bayelsa, where 5 percent are found and Lagos, where 2 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Brazil, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Wenike
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