Wenja Surname
Approximately 99 people bear this surname
Wenja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 89 | 1:233,360 | 23,225 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Wenja (67) may also be a first name.
Wenja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wenja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wenja occurs most in Cameroon. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wenja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wenja is the 1,860,621st most widespread family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 73,611,575 people. The last name Wenja is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Wenja live; 90 percent live in Central Africa and 90 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,191,548th most frequent first name on earth, held by 67 people.
The surname is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 89 people, or 1 in 233,360. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Southwest Region, where 46 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 35 percent are found and Centre Region, where 18 percent are found. Besides Cameroon Wenja occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 7 percent are found and Tanzania, where 1 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 Wenja
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